Jeremiah 45:5

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

And as for you, are you looking for great things for yourself? Have no desire for them: for truly I will send evil on all flesh, says the Lord: but your life I will keep safe from attack wherever you go.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Then the king said, Behold, he is in your hands. For the king could not resist them.

Darby Translation ☆

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek [them] not; for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou shalt go.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And dost thou seek great things for thyself? Seek not: for behold I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord! but I will give thee thy life, and save thee in all places whithersoever thou shalt go.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

And seekest thou great things for thy self? seeke them not: for beholde, I wil bring a plague vpon al flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life wil I giue thee for a pray in all places, whither thou goest.

Noyes Bible ☆

and seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not; for behold, I am about to bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give thee, as a prey, in all places whither thou shalt go.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And wouldst thou indeed seek great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord; but I will give thy life unto thee as a booty in all the places whither thou mayest go.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.'

King James Version ☆

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Then the king said, Behold, he is in your hands. For the king could not resist them.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Then the king said, Behold, he is in your hands. For the king could not resist them.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”

Webster Bible ☆

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give to thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

Revised Version ☆

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Then the king said, Behold, he is in your hands. For the king could not resist them.

World English Bible ☆

Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says the LORD, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says the LORD, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says the LORD, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says the LORD, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”

World English Bible Classic ☆

Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says Yahweh, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”

World English Bible Updated ☆

Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says the LORD, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”

World Messianic Bible ☆

Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says the LORD, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says the LORD, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And thou — thou seekest for thee great things — do not seek, for lo, I am bringing in evil on all flesh — an affirmation of Jehovah — and I have given to thee thy life for a spoil, in all places whither thou goest.'

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

And seekest thou gedolot (great things) for thyself? Seek them not; for, hineni, I will bring ra'ah upon kol basar, saith Hashem; but thy nefesh will I give unto thee for plunder in kol mekomot (all places) whither thou goest.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَأَنْتَ فَهَلْ تَطْلُبُ لِنَفْسِكَ أُمُورًا عَظِيمَةً؟ لَا تَطْلُبُ! لِأَنِّي هَأَنَذَا جَالِبٌ شَرًّا عَلَى كُلِّ ذِي جَسَدٍ، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَأُعْطِيكَ نَفْسَكَ غَنِيمَةً فِي كُلِّ ٱلْمَوَاضِعِ ٱلَّتِي تَسِيرُ إِلَيْهَا».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သင်​သည်​မိ​မိ​အ​တွက်​အ​ထူး​အ​ခွင့်​အ​ရေး ကို​စောင့်​မျှော်​နေ​သ​လော။ မ​စောင့်​မျှော်​နှင့်။ ငါ သည်​လူ​ခပ်​သိမ်း​တို့​အ​ပေါ်​သို့​ဘေး​အန္တ​ရာယ် ဆိုး​ကို​သက်​ရောက်​စေ​မည်။ သို့​သော်​လည်း​သင် သည်​ရောက်​လေ​ရာ​ရာ​အ​ရပ်​တွင်​အ​သက်​မ သေ​ဘဲ ထို​ဘေး​အန္တ​ရာယ်​မှ​လွတ်​မြောက်​လိမ့် မည်။ ဤ​ကား​ငါ​ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား​မြွက်​ဟ သည့်​စ​ကား​ဖြစ်​၏'' ဟု​မိန့်​တော်​မူ​ကြောင်း ဆင့်​ဆို​လေ​သည်။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သင် သည် ကြီးစွာ သော အရာတို့ကို ကိုယ် အဘို့ ရှာ သလော။ မ ရှာ နှင့်။ အကြောင်း မူကား၊ ငါ သည် ခပ်သိမ်း သော သတ္တဝါ တို့အပေါ် သို့ ဘေး ရောက် စေမည်။ သို့ရာတွင် ၊ သင်ရောက် လေရာအရပ် တို့၌၊ သင် ၏ အသက် ကို လက်ရ ဥစ္စာကဲ့သို့ သင့် အား ငါပေး မည်ဟု ထာဝရဘုရား မိန့် တော်မူ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Nangmah hanah kalen parai hmuennawk to na pakrong han maw? Pakrong hmah; khenah, kaminawk boih amrohaih ka phaksak han; toe nang loe na caehhaih ahmuen kruekah hnuk ih tangqum baktiah na hinghaih to kang paek han, tiah ang naa, tiah a thuih pae.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Nang loh namah ham a tanglue na tlap te tlap voel boeh. Pumsa boeih soah yoethae ka thoeng sak coeng. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Tedae na caeh nah hmuen takuem ah kutbuem la na hinglu te namah taengah kam paek,” a ti.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Nang loh namah ham a tanglue na tlap te tlap voel boeh. Pumsa boeih soah yoethae ka thoeng sak coeng. He tah BOEIPA kah olphong ni. Tedae na caeh nah hmuen takuem ah kutbuem la na hinglu te namah taengah kam paek,” a ti.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

你为自己图谋大事吗？不要图谋！我必使灾祸临到凡有血气的。但你无论往哪里去，我必使你以自己的命为掠物。这是耶和华说的。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

你為自己圖謀大事嗎？不要圖謀！我必使災禍臨到凡有血氣的。但你無論往哪裏去，我必使你以自己的命為掠物。這是耶和華說的。」

World Chinese Bible ☆

你为自己寻求大事吗？不要寻求；因为看哪，我必使灾祸临到凡有血肉的，’耶和华说，‘但无论你往哪里去，我都必让你保全性命。’”

Croatian Bible ☆

A ti tražiš za se čudesa! Ne traži toga! Jer, gle, svalit ću zlo na sve živo - riječ je Jahvina. A tebi ću kao plijen pokloniti život tvoj na svim mjestima kamo dođeš.'”

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

A ty bys hledal sobě velikých věcí? Nehledej. Nebo aj, já uvedu bídu na všeliké tělo, dí Hospodin, ale dám tobě život tvůj místo kořisti na všech místech, kamž půjdeš.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

og du søger store Ting for dig selv! Gør det ikke! Thi se, jeg sender Ulykke over alt Kød, lyder det fra HERREN. Men dig giver jeg dit Liv som Bytte, alle Vegne hvor du kommer.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En zoudt gij u grote dingen zoeken? Zoek ze niet; want zie, Ik breng een kwaad over alle vlees, spreekt de HEERE; maar Ik zal u uw ziel tot een buit geven, in alle plaatsen, waar gij zult henentrekken.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

En gij zoudt grote dingen vragen? Verlang ze toch niet! Zie, wat Ik gebouwd heb, breek Ik weer af, Is de godsspraak van Jahweh! Maar u geef Ik lijfsbehoud tot uw buit, Op alle plaatsen, waar ge ook gaat!

Esperanto Bible ☆

kaj vi postulas por vi grandaĵon! Ne postulu; ĉar jen Mi venigos malbonon sur ĉiun karnon, diras la Eternulo, sed al vi Mi donos vian animon kiel akiron sur ĉiuj lokoj, kien vi iros.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et toi, tu chercherais pour toi de grandes choses ? Ne les cherche pas ; car voici, je fais venir du mal sur toute chair, dit l’ Éternel ; mais je te donnerai ta vie pour butin, dans tous les lieux où tu iras.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Et toi, te chercherais-tu de grandes choses? Ne les cherche pas; car voici, je vais faire venir le malheur sur toute chair, dit l'Éternel; mais je te donnerai ta vie pour butin, dans tous les lieux où tu iras.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Et toi, rechercherais-tu de grandes choses? Ne les recherche pas! Car voici, je vais faire venir le malheur sur toute chair, dit l’Éternel; et je te donnerai ta vie pour butin, dans tous les lieux où tu iras.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Et toi, cherches-tu de grandes choses pour toi-même ? Ne les cherche pas ; car voici, je ferai venir le malheur sur tous les êtres humains, dit le SEIGNEUR, mais je te laisserai la vie sauve partout où tu iras.” »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und du, du trachtest nach großen Dingen für dich? Trachte nicht danach! Denn siehe, ich bringe Unglück über alles Fleisch, spricht Jehova; aber ich gebe dir deine Seele zur Beute an allen Orten, wohin du ziehen wirst.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Und du begehrst dir große Dinge? Begehre es nicht! Denn siehe, ich will Unglück kommen lassen über alles Fleisch, spricht der HERR; aber deine Seele will ich dir zur Beute geben, an welchen Ort du ziehst.

German Textbibel ☆

und da verlangst du für dich so Großes? Verlange das nicht! Denn ich bringe nunmehr Unheil über alles Fleisch, ist der Spruch Jahwes; dir aber will ich dein Leben zur Beute geben an allen Orten, wohin du dich begeben wirst.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Und du begehrst für dich Großes? Begehre es nicht! Denn siehe, ich bringe Unglück über alles Fleisch, spricht der HERR; aber dir will ich dein Leben zur Beute geben allenthalben, wohin du gehen wirst.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς· ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἐν χερσὶν ὑμῶν· ὅτι οὐκ ἠδύνατο ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς αὐτούς.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς, ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἐν χερσὶν ὑμῶν· ὅτι οὐκ ἠδύνατο ὁ βασιλεὺς πρὸς αὐτούς.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Epi ou menm, w'ap mande pou yo fè pa ou, w'ap mande yon soulajman pou tèt ou ase? Pa mande anyen. M'ap voye malè a sou tout moun sou latè. Se mwen menm Seyè a ki di sa. Men ou menm, ou mèt ale kote ou vle, ou p'ap mouri, w'ap sove lavi ou!

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ke imi nei anei oe i mea nui nou! Mai imi oe; no ka mea, aia hoi, e lawe mai no wau i ka hewa maluna a na mea ola a pau, wahi a Iehova; aka, e haawi no wau i kou ola ia oe, i waiwai pio nou, ma na wahi a pau au e hele aku ai.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וְאַתָּ֛ה תְּבַקֶּשׁ־לְךָ֥ גְדֹלֹ֖ות אַל־תְּבַקֵּ֑שׁ כִּ֡י הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא רָעָ֤ה עַל־כָּל־בָּשָׂר֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְנָתַתִּ֨י לְךָ֤ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֙ לְשָׁלָ֔ל עַ֥ל כָּל־הַמְּקֹמֹ֖ות אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּֽלֶךְ־שָֽׁם׃ ס

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ואתה תבקש לך גדלות אל תבקש כי הנני מביא רעה על כל בשר נאם יהוה ונתתי לך את נפשך לשלל על כל המקמות אשר תלך שם׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

E tu ti cercheresti delle grandezze! non cercar le; perciocchè ecco, io fo venir del male sopra ogni carne, dice il Signore; ma io ti darò l'anima tua per ispoglia, in tutti i luoghi ove tu andrai.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E tu cercheresti grandi cose per te? Non le cercare! poiché, ecco, io farò venir del male sopra ogni carne, dice l’Eterno, ma a te darò la vita come bottino, in tutti i luoghi dove tu andrai”.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

あなたは自分のために大いなることを求めるのか。それを求めてはならない。見よ、わたしはすべての人に災いをもたらすからだ』と、主は言われる。『しかし、あなたがどこへ行っても、命だけは助ける。』」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

네가 너를 위하여 대사를 경영하느냐 그것을 경영하지 말라 보라 내가 모든 육체에게 재앙을 내리리라 그러나 너의 가는 모든 곳에서는 내가 너로 생명 얻기를 노략물을 얻는 것같게 하리라 여호와의 말이니라 하셨느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Ya kom suk in orek nu sum wo liki mwet ngia? Nimet nunku ouingan. Nga ac sang mwe ongoiya nu fin mwet nukewa, tusruktu kom sifacna ac fah moulla in kutena acn kom ac som nu we. Nga, LEUM GOD, pa fahk ma inge.”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

et tu quæris tibi grandia? noli quærere, quia ecce ego adducam malum super omnem carnem, ait Dominus, et dabo tibi animam tuam in salutem in omnibus locis ad quæcumque perrexeris.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و آیا توچیزهای بزرگ برای خویشتن می‌طلبی؟ آنها راطلب منما زیرا خداوند می‌گوید: اینک من برتمامی بشر بلا خواهم رسانید. اما در هر جایی که بروی جانت را به تو به غنیمت خواهم بخشید.»

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Você busca grandes coisas para si mesmo? Não as busque; pois, eis que trarei o mal sobre toda a carne’, diz o SENHOR, ‘mas eu deixarei que você escape com vida por onde quer que vá.’”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

E tu buscarias para ti grandezas? Não as busques; porque eis que eu trago o mal sobre toda carne, diz o SENHOR, mas conservarei tua vida em todos os lugares para onde fores.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Și cauți tu lucruri mari pentru tine? Nu le căuta, pentru că, iată, voi aduce răul peste toată făptura, spune DOMNUL, dar viața ta ți-o voi da ca pradă în toate locurile unde mergi.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ши ту умбли дупэ лукрурь марь? Ну умбла дупэ еле! Кэч ятэ, вой адуче ненорочиря песте орьче фэптурэ», зиче Домнул, «дар цие ыць вой да ка прадэ де рэзбой вяца та ын тоате локуриле унде вей мерӂе.»’”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

А ты просишь себе великого: не проси; ибо вот, Я наведу бедствие на всякую плоть, говорит Господь, а тебе вместо добычи оставлю душу твою во всех местах, куда ни пойдешь.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

A ti li ćeš tražiti sebi velike stvari? Ne traži; jer evo, ja ću pustiti zlo na svako telo, govori Gospod; ali ću tebi dati dušu tvoju mesto plena u svim mestima, kuda odeš.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

А ти ли ћеш тражити себи велике ствари? Не тражи; јер ево, ја ћу пустити зло на свако тело, говори Господ; али ћу теби дати душу твоју место плена у свим местима, куда одеш.

Mashi Bible ☆

Nâwe odwîrhage wahûna mpu bakuhè byâwe-byâwe. Orhahûne, bulyâla, sinza: buhanya nalêrhera ngasi mubiri, Nyakasane okudesire. Na nâwe, omunyago nkuhîre, bunali obuzîne bwâwe, ngasi aha wakanaja».

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

¿Y tú buscas para ti grandezas? No busques; porque he aquí que yo traigo mal sobre toda carne, ha dicho Jehová, y á ti te daré tu vida por despojo en todos los lugares adonde fueres.

Spanish BLL ☆

¿Y tú buscas para ti grandes cosas? No las busques; porque yo voy a traer una desgracia sobre toda la humanidad — dice Yahvé —, pero a ti te dejaré salvar la vida; te daré tu vida por botín dondequiera que vayas’”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

¿Y tú buscas para ti grandezas? No las busques; porque he aquí que yo traigo mal sobre toda carne — dice Yahvé —, pero a ti te daré tu vida por botín en todos los lugares adonde fueres’”.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y en cuanto a ti, ¿estás buscando grandes cosas para ti mismo? No tengas ningún deseo por ellas, porque verdaderamente enviaré el mal a toda carne, dice el Señor, pero tu vida la mantendré a salvo de los ataques dondequiera que vayas.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

¿Y tú buscas grandes cosas para ti? ¡No las busques! Porque mira, Yo traigo mal sobre todo ser vivo, dice Yavé. Pero tu vida te será dada como un botín en todos los lugares adonde tú vayas.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea ʻoku ke kumi ʻae ngaahi meʻa lahi maʻau? ʻOua naʻa kumi ki ai:’ he ʻoku pehē mai ʻe Sihova, ‘Vakai, te u ʻomi ʻae kovi ki he kakano kotoa pē: ka te u foaki hoʻo moʻui kiate koe ʻo hangē ko e koloa kuo vetea, ʻi he potu kotoa pē te ke ʻalu ki ai.’”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

А ти бажаєш собі щось великого? Не бажай; я бо пошлю лихо на всяке тїло, говорить Господь; — тобі ж дам, замість здобичі, життє твоє на всякому місцї, куди повернешся.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

А ти бажаєш собі щось великого? Не бажай; я бо пошлю лихо на всяке тїло, говорить Господь; — тобі ж дам, замість здобичі, життє твоє на всякому місцї, куди повернешся.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Còn ngươi, ngươi còn tìm việc lớn cho mình hay sao? Chớ có tìm kiếm, vì nầy, ta sẽ giáng tai vạ cho mọi loài xác thịt; nhưng ngươi, hễ đi đến đâu, ta cũng sẽ ban mạng sống cho ngươi làm của cướp, Đức Giê-hô-va phán vậy.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וְאַתָּ֛ה תְּבַקֶּשׁ־לְךָ֥ גְדֹל֖וֹת אַל־תְּבַקֵּ֑שׁ כִּ֡י הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא רָעָ֤ה עַל־כָּל־בָּשָׂר֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְנָתַתִּ֨י לְךָ֤ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֙ לְשָׁלָ֔ל עַ֥ל כָּל־הַמְּקֹמ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּֽלֶךְ־שָֽׁם׃ ס