Jeremiah 2:20

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Bible in Basic English ☆

For in the past, your yoke was broken by your hands and your cords parted; and you said, I will not be your servant; for on every high hill and under every branching tree, your behaviour was like that of a loose woman

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, and plucked asunder thy bands; and thou hast said, I will not serve thee, but will go upon every high hill, and under every shady tree, there will I indulge in my fornication.

Darby Translation ☆

For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, [and] burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve. For upon every high hill, and under every green tree, thou bowest down, playing the harlot.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

Of old time thou hast broken my yoke, thou hast burst my bands, and thou saidst: I will not serve. For on every high hill, and under every green tree thou didst prostitute thyself.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

For of olde time I haue broken thy yoke, and burst thy bondes, and thou saidest, I will no more transgresse, but like an harlot thou runnest about vpon al hie hilles, and vnder all greene trees.

Noyes Bible ☆

Of old hast thou broken thy yoke, And burst thy bands, And said, “I will not be in subjection!” For upon every high hill, And under every green tree, Hast thou reclined, playing the harlot.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Because from yore did I break thy yoke, did I burst asunder thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress: nevertheless upon every high hill and under every green tree thou makest thy bed, as harlot.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands, and thou saidst: 'I will not transgress'; upon every high hill and under every leafy tree thou didst recline, playing the harlot.

King James Version ☆

¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

For of old you have broken your yoke, and plucked asunder your bands; and you have said, I will not serve you, but will go upon every high hill, and under every shady tree, there will I indulge in my fornication.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

For of old you have broken your yoke, and plucked asunder your bands; and you have said, I will not serve you, but will go upon every high hill, and under every shady tree, there will I indulge in my fornication.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

Webster Bible ☆

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

Revised Version ☆

For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For of old thou hast broken thy yoke, and plucked asunder thy bands; and thou hast said, I will not serve thee, but will go upon every high hill, and under every shady tree, there will I indulge in my fornication.

World English Bible ☆

“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

World English Bible Classic ☆

“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

World English Bible Updated ☆

“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

World Messianic Bible ☆

“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

“For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

For from of old thou hast broken thy yoke, Drawn away thy bands, and sayest, 'I do not serve,' For, on every high height, and under every green tree, Thou art wandering — a harlot.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

For long ago I have broken thy ol (yoke), and tore off thy bonds; and thou saidst: I will not serve; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou hast sprawled, playing the zonah.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

«لِأَنَّهُ مُنْذُ ٱلْقَدِيمِ كَسَرْتُ نِيرَكِ وَقَطَعْتُ قُيُودَكِ، وَقُلْتِ: لَا أَتَعَبَّدُ. لِأَنَّكِ عَلَى كُلِّ أَكَمَةٍ عَالِيَةٍ وَتَحْتَ كُلِّ شَجَرَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ أَنْتِ ٱضْطَجَعْتِ زَانِيَةً!

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

အို ဣ​သ​ရေ​လ၊သင်​သည်​ရှေး​အ​ခါ​က​ပင်​ငါ​၏ ထမ်း​ပိုး​ကို​ချိုး​၍​ငါ​၏​နှောင်​ကြိုး​များ​ကို​ဖြတ် ခဲ့​၏။ သင်​သည်​ငါ​၏​စ​ကား​ကို​နား​မ​ထောင်​ငါ့​အား ဝတ်​မ​ပြု​မ​ကိုး​ကွယ်။ တောင်​မြင့်​ရှိ​သ​မျှ​အ​ပေါ်​၌​လည်း​ကောင်း၊စိမ်း လန်း​သည့် သစ်​ပင်​ရှိ​သ​မျှ​အောက်​၌​လည်း​ကောင်း၊ သင်​သည်​ပြည့်​တန်​ဆာ​ကဲ့​သို့​ပြု​မူ​ခဲ့​လေ​သည်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ရှေး ကာလ၌ သင် ထမ်းရသောထမ်းဘိုး ၊ သင် ၌ ချည်သော နှောင်ဖွဲ့ ခြင်းကို ငါချိုးချွတ် ၍ သင်က၊ အကျွန်ုပ်သည် မ မှားယွင်း ဘဲ နေ ပါမည်ဟု ဂတိ ထား သော်လည်း ၊ မြင့် သောတောင် ရှိသမျှ အပေါ် ၌၎င်း ၊ စိမ်း သောသစ်ပင် ရှိသမျှ အောက် ၌၎င်း ၊ ကိုယ် ကိုချ၍ ပြည်တန်ဆာ လုပ် လေ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Canghnii hoi boeh ni na phawh ih hnam hoi qui to ka petsak boeh; nang mah, Ka zae mak ai boeh, tiah na thuih; toe maesang hoi aqam kahing thing tlim boih ah, tangzat zawh hanah nang songh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Khosuen kah na hnamkun kam bawt tih, na kuelrhui ka pat sak. Tedae tho kan thueng mahpawh, som boeih te a sang la ka paan bitni,’ na ti. Thingkung thinghing hmui boeih ah pumyoi la na khuum.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Khosuen kah na hnamkun kam bawt tih, na kuelrhui ka pat sak. Tedae tho kan thueng mahpawh, som boeih te a sang la ka paan bitni,’ na ti. Thingkung thinghing hmui boeih ah pumyoi la na khuum.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我在古时折断你的轭，解开你的绳索。 你说：我必不事奉 耶和华； 因为你在各高冈上、各青翠树下屈身行淫 。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我在古時折斷你的軛，解開你的繩索。 你說：我必不事奉 耶和華； 因為你在各高岡上、各青翠樹下屈身行淫 。

World Chinese Bible ☆

“因为很久以前，我折断了你的轭， 挣开了你的绳索。 你说：‘我不事奉；’ 因为在各高冈上、各青翠树下，你都屈身， 行淫乱之事。

Croatian Bible ☆

“Da, odavna ti slomi jaram svoj, raskide veze što te vezahu i reče: 'Neću da robujem.' Pa ipak, na svakom povišem humu, pod svakim drvetom zelenim lijegao si k'o bludnica.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Ačkoli dávno polámal jsem jho tvé, potrhal jsem to, čím jsi svázána byla, a řeklas: Nebuduť sloužiti modlám, však po každém pahrbku vysokém, a pod každým dřevem zeleným touláš se, ó nevěstko.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Thi længst har du brudt dit Åg og sprængt dine Bånd. Du siger: “Ej vil jeg tjene!” Nej, Skøgeleje har du på hver en Høj, under alle de grønne Træer.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Als Ik van ouds uw juk verbroken, en uw banden verscheurd had, zo zeidet gij: Ik zal niet dienen; maar op allen hogen heuvel en onder allen groenen boom loopt gij om, hoererende.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Want lang reeds hebt gij uw juk verbroken, Uw banden verscheurd. Ge hebt gezegd: Ik wil U niet dienen! Maar op iedere hoge heuvel, En onder elke groene boom Zijt ge gaan liggen als een deerne!

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ĉar antaŭ longe vi rompis vian jugon kaj disŝiris viajn ŝnurojn, kaj vi diris: Mi ne plu malbonagos; tamen sur ĉiu alta loko kaj sub ĉiu verda arbo vi kuŝigis vin kiel malĉastistino.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Car d’ancienneté tu as rompu ton joug, arraché tes liens, et tu as dit : Je ne servirai pas . Car, sur toute haute colline et sous tout arbre vert tu t’inclines, tu te prostitues.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Parce que dès longtemps tu as brisé ton joug, rompu tes liens, tu as dit: Je ne servirai point! Mais, sur toute colline élevée et sous tout arbre vert, tu t'inclines, tu te prostitues!

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Tu as dès longtemps brisé ton joug, Rompu tes liens, Et tu as dit: Je ne veux plus être dans la servitude! Mais sur toute colline élevée Et sous tout arbre vert Tu t’es courbée comme une prostituée.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

« Car il y a longtemps que j'ai brisé ton joug, et rompu tes liens. Tu as dit : “Je ne servirai pas !” Car sur toute colline élevée et sous tout arbre vert, tu t'es couchée, te livrant à la prostitution.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Denn vor alters hast du dein Joch zerbrochen, deine Bande zerrissen, und hast gesagt: Ich will nicht dienen! Sondern auf jedem hohen Hügel und unter jedem grünen Baume gabst du dich preis als Hure.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Denn du hast immerdar dein Joch zerbrochen und deine Bande zerrissen und gesagt: Ich will nicht unterworfen sein! sondern auf allen hohen Hügeln und unter allen grünen Bäumen liefst du den Götzen nach.

German Textbibel ☆

Denn von alters her hast du dein Joch zerbrochen, deine Bande zerrissen und gesagt: Ich will nicht dienen! Vielmehr auf jeglichem hohen Hügel und unter jeglichem grünen Baume strecktest du dich buhlerisch hin.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Denn von alters her hast du dein Joch zerbrochen und deine Bande zerrissen und gesagt: «Ich will nicht dienen!» Sondern auf allen hohen Hügeln und unter allen grünen Bäumen hast du dich hingestreckt als Buhlerin!

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ὅτι ἀπ' αἰῶνος συνέτριψας τὸν ζυγόν σου, διέσπασας τοὺς δεσμούς σου καὶ εἶπας· οὐ δουλεύσω σοι, ἀλλὰ πορεύσομαι ἐπὶ πάντα βουνὸν ὑψηλὸν καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου κατασκίου, ἐκεῖ διαχυθήσομαι ἐν τῇ πορνείᾳ μου.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ὅτι ἀπʼ αἰῶνος συνέτριψας τὸν ζυγόν σου, καὶ διέσπασας τοὺς δεσμούς σου, καὶ εἶπας, οὐ δουλεύσω σοι ἀλλὰ πορεύσομαι ἐπὶ πάντα βουνὸν ὑψηλὸν, καὶ ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου κατασκίου, ἐκεῖ διαχυθήσομαι ἐν τῇ πορνείᾳ μου.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Izrayèl, gen lontan depi ou pa rekonèt otorite m' ankò! W'ap manje kòd, w'ap di: Mwen p'ap sèvi Seyè a. Lèfini, sou tout ti mòn anba tout gwo pyebwa ou nan dezòd, w'ap fè sèvis pou lòt bondye.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ka mea, mai kahiko loa mai, ua uhaki au i kou auamo, a ua moku hoi ia'u kou mau kaula i paa ai; a olelo iho la oe, Aole au e noho i kauwa, oiai, ua kulou oe maluna o na puu kiekie a pau, a malalo hoi o na laau uliuli a pau, a ua moe kolohe hoi oe.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

כִּ֣י מֵעֹולָ֞ם שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי עֻלֵּ֗ךְ נִתַּ֙קְתִּי֙ מֹוסְרֹתַ֔יִךְ וַתֹּאמְרִ֖י לֹ֣א *אֶעֱבֹד (אֶעֱבֹ֑ור) כִּ֣י עַֽל־כָּל־גִּבְעָ֞ה גְּבֹהָ֗ה וְתַ֙חַת֙ כָּל־עֵ֣ץ רַעֲנָ֔ן אַ֖תְּ צֹעָ֥ה זֹנָֽה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

כי מעולם שברתי עלך נתקתי מוסרתיך ותאמרי לא אעבד כי על כל גבעה גבהה ותחת כל עץ רענן את צעה זנה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Perciocchè io già ab antico avea spezzato il tuo giogo, e rotti i tuoi legami; tu hai detto: Io non sarò mai più serva; perciocchè tu scorri fornicando sopra ogni alto colle, e sotto ogni albero verdeggiante .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Già da lungo tempo tu hai spezzato il tuo giogo, rotti i tuoi legami e hai detto: “Non voglio più servire!” Ma sopra ogni alto colle e sotto ogni albero verdeggiante ti sei buttata giù come una prostituta.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

「はるか昔、わたしはあなたのくびきを砕き、 あなたの縄を断ち切った。 しかし、あなたは『私は仕えない』と言った。 あらゆる高い丘の上、 あらゆる青々とした木の下で身をかがめ、 不貞を重ねた。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

네가 옛적부터 네 멍에를 꺾고 네 결박을 끊으며 말하기를 나는 순복지 아니하리라 하고 모든 높은 산 위와 모든 푸른 나무 아래서 몸을 굽혀 행음하도다

Kosraean Bible ☆

LEUM GOD Fulatlana El fahk, “Israel, kom nuna srunga na muta ye ku luk oemeet me. Kom tiana akosyu ku alu nu sik. Fin mangon eol nukewa, Ac ye sak folfol nukewa Kom tuh alu nu ke god eslap uh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

A sæculo confregisti jugum meum: rupisti vincula mea, et dixisti: Non serviam. In omni enim colle sublimi, et sub omni ligno frondoso, tu prosternebaris meretrix.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

زیرا از زمان قدیم یوغ تو را شکستم و بندهای تو را گسیختم وگفتی بندگی نخواهم نمود زیرا بر هر تل بلند وزیر هر درخت سبز خوابیده، زنا کردی.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

“Pois há muito tempo eu quebrei o seu jugo, e rompi as suas ataduras. Você disse: ‘Eu não servirei’; pois em cada colina alta e debaixo de cada árvore verde você se curvou, agindo como prostituta.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Pois muito tempo atrás, eu quebrei teu jugo, e rompi tuas amarras, e tu disseste: Não servirei. Porém sobre todo morro alto e abaixo de toda árvore frondosa tu te deitavas como prostituta.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Pentru că din vechime ți-am rupt jugul și ți-am rupt legăturile; iar tu ai spus: Nu voi călca legea; când pe fiecare deal înalt și sub fiecare copac verde te plimbi, curvind.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

„Демулт ць-ай сфэрымат жугул, ць-ай рупт легэтуриле ши ай зис: ‘Ну май вряу сэ служеск ка ун роб!’ Кэч, пе орьче дял ыналт ши суб орьче копак верде, те-ай ынтинс ка о курвэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Ибо издавна Я сокрушил ярмо твое, разорвал узы твои, и ты говорил: “не буду служить идолам”, а между тем на всяком высоком холме и под всяким ветвистым деревом ты блудодействовал.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Jer davno izlomih jaram tvoj i raskidoh sveze tvoje, i ti reče: Neću biti sluga; a na svaki visoki hum i pod svako zeleno drvo ideš da se kurvaš.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Јер давно изломих јарам твој и раскидох свезе твоје, и ти рече: Нећу бити слуга; а на сваки високи хум и под свако зелено дрво идеш да се курваш.

Mashi Bible ☆

Nêci, arhali ene wajahikaga omushigo gwâwe, watwa enkoba waderha erhi «ntâshiga». Kurhahangaga orhagwîshira nka mukazi wa cishungu oku ngasi ntondo ndîrî, n’ah’idako lya ngasi murhi mubishi .

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Porque desde muy atrás he quebrado tu yugo, y roto tus ataduras; y dijiste: No serviré. Con todo eso, sobre todo collado alto y debajo de todo árbol umbroso, corrías tú, oh ramera.

Spanish BLL ☆

“Porque hace mucho tiempo que rompí tu yugo y te quité las cadenas; pero tú dijiste: ‘¡No quiero servir!’. En cambio, en cada colina alta y bajo todo árbol frondoso, te entregaste a la prostitución.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

“Porque hace mucho que rompí tu yugo y rompí tus coyundas, y dijiste: ‘No serviré’. Porque sobre todo collado alto y debajo de todo árbol frondoso te echabas tú como una ramera.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Porque en el pasado, tu yugo fue roto por tus manos y tus cuerdas separadas; Y dijiste: No seré tu siervo; pues en cada colina alta y debajo de cada árbol ramificado, tu comportamiento era como el de una mujer suelta.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Desde antaño quebraste el yugo, rompiste tus ataduras y dijiste: ¡No quiero servir! Y sobre toda colina alta, y debajo de todo árbol frondoso te echabas como prostituta.

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Revised West Version ☆

“He talu mei muʻa kuo u maumauʻi hoʻo haʻamonga, pea motuhi ho ngaahi haʻi; pea naʻa ke pehē, ‘ʻE ʻikai te u fai kovi;’ ka kuo ke ʻeveʻeva ʻi he ngaahi moʻunga māʻolunga kotoa pē, pea ʻi he lolo ʻakau mata kotoa pē ʻo fai angahala.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Бо з давних давен ломив я ярмо твоє, розривав ужевки твої, й ти мовляв: не буду служити ідолам; а між тим блудував єси на кожному високому горбі й під кожним гілястим деревом.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Бо з давних давен ломив я ярмо твоє, розривав ужевки твої, й ти мовляв: не буду служити ідолам; а між тим блудував єси на кожному високому горбі й під кожним гілястим деревом.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Xưa kia ta đã bẻ ách ngươi, bứt xiềng ngươi, mà ngươi nói rằng: Tôi không vâng phục nữa; vì trên mỗi đồi cao, dưới mỗi cây xanh, ngươi đã cúi mình mà hành dâm.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

כִּ֣י מֵעוֹלָ֞ם שָׁבַ֣רְתִּי עֻלֵּ֗ךְ נִתַּ֨קְתִּי֙ מוֹסְרֹתַ֔יִךְ וַתֹּאמְרִ֖י לֹ֣א אעבד כִּ֣י עַֽל־כָּל־גִּבְעָ֞ה גְּבֹהָ֗ה וְתַ֨חַת֙ כָּל־עֵ֣ץ רַעֲנָ֔ן אַ֖תְּ צֹעָ֥ה זֹנָֽה׃