Parallel Verses
- New International Reader's Version - Why are we sitting here? Let’s gather together! Let’s run to the cities that have high walls around them! Let’s die there! The Lord our God has sentenced us to death. He has given us poisoned water to drink. That’s because we’ve sinned against him.
- 新标点和合本 - 我们为何静坐不动呢？ 我们当聚集，进入坚固城， 在那里静默不言； 因为耶和华我们的 神使我们静默不言， 又将苦胆水给我们喝， 都因我们得罪了耶和华。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我们为何静坐不动呢？ 我们当聚集，进入坚固城， 在那里静默不言； 因为耶和华—我们的上帝使我们静默不言， 又将苦水给我们喝， 都因我们得罪了耶和华。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我们为何静坐不动呢？ 我们当聚集，进入坚固城， 在那里静默不言； 因为耶和华—我们的 神使我们静默不言， 又将苦水给我们喝， 都因我们得罪了耶和华。
- 当代译本 - 他们说：“我们为什么还坐在这里？ 大家一起进入坚城，死在那里吧！ 我们的上帝耶和华要毁灭我们， 给我们毒水喝， 因为我们得罪了祂。
- 圣经新译本 - 我们为什么坐着不动呢？ 你们要集合起来，我们要进入坚固的城里去， 在那里灭亡吧！ 因为耶和华我们的 神要我们灭亡， 又把毒水给我们喝， 因我们得罪了耶和华。
- 现代标点和合本 - “我们为何静坐不动呢？ 我们当聚集，进入坚固城， 在那里静默不言。 因为耶和华我们的神使我们静默不言， 又将苦胆水给我们喝， 都因我们得罪了耶和华。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 我们为何静坐不动呢？ 我们当聚集，进入坚固城， 在那里静默不言； 因为耶和华我们的上帝使我们静默不言， 又将苦胆水给我们喝， 都因我们得罪了耶和华。
- New International Version - Why are we sitting here? Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there! For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against him.
- English Standard Version - Why do we sit still? Gather together; let us go into the fortified cities and perish there, for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish and has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
- New Living Translation - “Then the people will say, ‘Why should we wait here to die? Come, let’s go to the fortified towns and die there. For the Lord our God has decreed our destruction and has given us a cup of poison to drink because we sinned against the Lord.
- The Message - So why are we sitting here, doing nothing? Let’s get organized. Let’s go to the big city and at least die fighting. We’ve gotten God’s ultimatum: We’re damned if we do and damned if we don’t— damned because of our sin against him. We hoped things would turn out for the best, but it didn’t happen that way. We were waiting around for healing— and terror showed up! From Dan at the northern borders we hear the hooves of horses, Horses galloping, horses neighing. The ground shudders and quakes. They’re going to swallow up the whole country. Towns and people alike—fodder for war.
- Christian Standard Bible - Why are we just sitting here? Gather together; let’s enter the fortified cities and perish there, for the Lord our God has destroyed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
- New American Standard Bible - Why are we sitting still? Assemble yourselves, and let’s go into the fortified cities And perish there, For the Lord our God has doomed us And given us poisoned water to drink, Because we have sinned against the Lord.
- New King James Version - “Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, And let us enter the fortified cities, And let us be silent there. For the Lord our God has put us to silence And given us water of gall to drink, Because we have sinned against the Lord.
- Amplified Bible - Why are we sitting still [the people wonder]? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter the fortified cities And let us die there, For the Lord our God has decreed our ruin And given us bitter and poisonous water to drink, Because we have sinned against the Lord.
- American Standard Version - Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
- King James Version - Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
- New English Translation - The people say, “Why are we just sitting here? Let us gather together inside the fortified cities. Let us at least die there fighting, since the Lord our God has condemned us to die. He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment because we have sinned against him.
- World English Bible - “Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves! Let’s enter into the fortified cities, and let’s be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.
- 新標點和合本 - 我們為何靜坐不動呢？ 我們當聚集，進入堅固城， 在那裏靜默不言； 因為耶和華－我們的神使我們靜默不言， 又將苦膽水給我們喝， 都因我們得罪了耶和華。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我們為何靜坐不動呢？ 我們當聚集，進入堅固城， 在那裏靜默不言； 因為耶和華－我們的上帝使我們靜默不言， 又將苦水給我們喝， 都因我們得罪了耶和華。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我們為何靜坐不動呢？ 我們當聚集，進入堅固城， 在那裏靜默不言； 因為耶和華—我們的 神使我們靜默不言， 又將苦水給我們喝， 都因我們得罪了耶和華。
- 當代譯本 - 他們說：「我們為什麼還坐在這裡？ 大家一起進入堅城，死在那裡吧！ 我們的上帝耶和華要毀滅我們， 給我們毒水喝， 因為我們得罪了祂。
- 聖經新譯本 - 我們為甚麼坐著不動呢？ 你們要集合起來，我們要進入堅固的城裡去， 在那裡滅亡吧！ 因為耶和華我們的 神要我們滅亡， 又把毒水給我們喝， 因我們得罪了耶和華。
- 呂振中譯本 - 我們為甚麼靜坐不動呢？ 聚集攏來哦， 我們好進入有堡壘的城， 在那裏寂滅掉； 因為永恆主我們的上帝命定我們寂滅， 將毒苦水給我們喝， 因為我們犯罪得罪了永恆主。
- 現代標點和合本 - 「我們為何靜坐不動呢？ 我們當聚集，進入堅固城， 在那裡靜默不言。 因為耶和華我們的神使我們靜默不言， 又將苦膽水給我們喝， 都因我們得罪了耶和華。
- 文理和合譯本 - 我儕靜坐何為乎、其會集而入鞏固之邑、隕亡於彼、我上帝耶和華飲我以毒水、使我隕亡、緣我干犯耶和華也、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 先知告民曰、我儕坐此曷故、必會眾入城、在彼默默無語、我獲罪於我之上帝耶和華、使我嘗膽、無詞可述。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 先知告民曰、 我儕坐此何為、當會集入鞏固之城、在彼默默無言、 默默無言或作淪亡下同 我儕獲罪於主我之天主、使我飲苦毒之水、使我默默無言、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - «¿Qué hacemos aquí sentados? ¡Vengan, y vámonos juntos a las ciudades fortificadas para morir allí! El Señor nuestro Dios nos está destruyendo. Nos ha dado a beber agua envenenada, porque hemos pecado contra él.
- 현대인의 성경 - 그때 백성들이 이렇게 말할 것이다. “우리가 어찌 가만히 앉아만 있겠느냐? 자, 모여라! 요새 성으로 도망가서 거기서 멸망하자. 우리가 여호와께 범죄하였으므로 우리 하나님 여호와께서 우리를 멸망시키기로 작정하시고 우리에게 마실 독을 주셨다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - – Что же мы сидим? Собирайтесь! Побежим в укрепленные города; там и погибнем! Господь, наш Бог, обрек нас на погибель и поит нас водой отравленной, потому что мы согрешили против Него.
- Восточный перевод - Что же мы сидим? Собирайтесь! Побежим в укреплённые города; там и погибнем! Вечный, наш Бог, обрёк нас на погибель и поит нас водой отравленной, потому что мы согрешили против Него.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Что же мы сидим? Собирайтесь! Побежим в укреплённые города; там и погибнем! Вечный, наш Бог, обрёк нас на погибель и поит нас водой отравленной, потому что мы согрешили против Него.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Что же мы сидим? Собирайтесь! Побежим в укреплённые города; там и погибнем! Вечный, наш Бог, обрёк нас на погибель и поит нас водой отравленной, потому что мы согрешили против Него.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Pourquoi rester sur place ? Rassemblez-vous, rallions nos villes fortifiées et là, nous périrons ! Puisque l’Eternel notre Dieu ╵nous fait périr et veut nous abreuver ╵d’une eau empoisonnée, puisque nous avons péché contre lui.
- リビングバイブル - その時、人々はこう言うだろう。 『私たちはなぜ、ここでじっと死を待っているのだろう。 城壁のある町へ行って、そこで死のう。 主は、われわれを滅ぼすことに決め、 われわれの罪と引き替えに、 毒薬を盛った杯を下さったのだから。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Por que estamos sentados aqui? Reúnam-se! Fujamos para as cidades fortificadas e pereçamos ali! Pois o Senhor, o nosso Deus, condenou-nos a perecer e nos deu água envenenada para beber, porque temos pecado contra ele.
- Hoffnung für alle - ›Warum sitzen wir hier unschlüssig herum?‹, fragen die Leute von Juda. ›Kommt, wir ziehen uns in die befestigten Städte zurück. Lieber sterben wir dort als hier! Der Herr, unser Gott, hat uns ja doch zum Tod verurteilt; vergiftetes Wasser gibt er uns zu trinken, weil wir gegen ihn gesündigt haben.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Lúc ấy, nhiều người sẽ bảo nhau: ‘Lẽ nào chúng ta đành khoanh tay chịu chết? Hãy trốn vào các thành kiên cố rồi chết tại đó. Vì Chúa Hằng Hữu, Đức Chúa Trời chúng ta đã hủy diệt chúng ta và cho chúng ta uống chén thuốc độc vì chúng ta phạm tội chống nghịch Chúa Hằng Hữu.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “เราจะมานั่งรอความตายอยู่ที่นี่ทำไม? มาเถิด ไปด้วยกัน! ให้เราหนีไปยังหัวเมืองป้อมปราการต่างๆ ไปตายเสียที่นั่น! เพราะพระยาห์เวห์พระเจ้าของเราได้กำหนดให้เราพินาศย่อยยับแล้ว และทรงยื่นถ้วยยาพิษให้เราดื่ม เพราะเราได้ทำบาปต่อพระองค์
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แล้วพวกเราจะนั่งเฉยอยู่ทำไม เรามารวมพวกกัน เราไปยังเมืองที่คุ้มกันไว้อย่างแข็งแกร่งกันเถิด และไปตายกันที่นั่นเสียเลย เพราะพระผู้เป็นเจ้า พระเจ้าของเราลงโทษให้พวกเราตาย และได้ให้น้ำเป็นพิษแก่เราดื่ม เพราะพวกเราทำบาปต่อพระผู้เป็นเจ้า
Cross Reference
- Amos 6:10 - Relatives might come to burn the dead bodies. If they do, they’ll have to carry them out of the house first. They might ask someone still hiding there, “Is anyone else here with you?” If the answer is no, the relatives will go on to say, “Be quiet! We must not pray in the Lord’s name.”
- Deuteronomy 32:32 - Their vine comes from the vines of Sodom. It comes from the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are filled with poison. Their bunches of grapes taste bitter.
- Jeremiah 14:20 - Lord, we admit we’ve done evil things. We also admit that our people of long ago were guilty. It’s true that we’ve sinned against you.
- Habakkuk 2:20 - The Lord is in his holy temple. Let the whole earth be silent in front of him.
- Leviticus 10:3 - Then Moses spoke to Aaron. He said, “That’s what the Lord was talking about when he said, “ ‘Among those who approach me I will show that I am holy. In the sight of all the people I will be honored.’ ” So Aaron remained silent.
- Psalm 39:2 - So I was completely silent. I didn’t even say anything good. But the pain inside me grew worse.
- Zechariah 2:13 - All you people of the world, be still because the Lord is coming. He is getting ready to come down from his holy temple in heaven.”
- Jeremiah 4:5 - “Announce my message in Judah. Tell it in Jerusalem. Say, ‘Blow trumpets all through the land!’ Give a loud shout and say, ‘Gather together! Let’s run to cities that have high walls around them!’
- Jeremiah 4:6 - Warn everyone to go to Zion! Run for safety! Do not wait! I am bringing trouble from the north. Everything will be totally destroyed.”
- 2 Kings 7:3 - There were four men who had a skin disease. They were at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. They said to one another, “Why should we stay here until we die?
- 2 Kings 7:4 - Suppose we say, ‘We’ll go into the city.’ There isn’t any food there, and we’ll die. But if we stay here, we’ll die anyway. So let’s go over to Aram’s army camp. Let’s give ourselves up. If they spare us, we’ll live. If they kill us, we’ll die.”
- Lamentations 3:27 - It is good for a man to carry a heavy load of suffering while he is young.
- Lamentations 3:28 - Let him sit alone and not say anything. The Lord has placed that load on him.
- Numbers 5:18 - The priest must have the woman stand in front of the Lord. Then he must untie her hair. He must place in her hands the offering that calls attention to the wrong thing a person has done. It is the grain offering for being jealous. The priest must keep the bitter water with him. It is the water that brings a curse.
- Numbers 5:19 - Then the priest must have the woman give her word. He must say to her, “Suppose no other man has had sex with you. And suppose you haven’t gone astray. You have kept yourself pure while you are married to your husband. Then may the bitter water that brings a curse not harm you.
- Numbers 5:20 - But suppose you have gone astray while you are married to your husband. You have made yourself ‘unclean.’ You have had sex with a man who isn’t your husband.”
- Numbers 5:21 - At that point the priest must put the woman under the curse that will come if she breaks her word. He must say, “May the Lord cause you to become a curse among your people. You will become a curse when the Lord makes your body unable to have children.
- Numbers 5:22 - May this water that brings a curse enter your body. May it make your body unable to have children.” “ ‘Then the woman must say, “Amen. Let it happen.”
- Numbers 5:23 - “ ‘The priest must write the curses on a scroll. He must wash them off in the bitter water.
- Numbers 5:24 - It is the water he will make the woman drink. It is bitter water that brings a curse. It will enter her body. And it will cause her to suffer bitterly.
- Matthew 27:34 - There they mixed wine with bitter spices and gave it to Jesus to drink. After tasting it, he refused to drink it.
- 2 Samuel 20:6 - David said to Abishai, “Sheba, the son of Bikri, will do more harm to us than Absalom ever did. Take my men and go after him. If you don’t, he’ll find cities that have high walls around them. He’ll go into one of them and escape from us.”
- Deuteronomy 29:18 - Make sure there isn’t a man or woman among your families or tribes who turns away from the Lord our God. No one must worship the gods of those nations. Make sure that kind of worship doesn’t spread like bitter poison through your whole community.
- Psalm 69:21 - They put bitter spices in my food. They gave me vinegar when I was thirsty.
- Lamentations 3:19 - I remember how I suffered and wandered. I remember how bitter my life was.
- Jeremiah 35:11 - But Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, marched into this land. Then we said, ‘Come. We must go to Jerusalem. There we can escape the armies of Babylon and Aram.’ So we have remained in Jerusalem.”
- Jeremiah 9:15 - So now the Lord who rules over all speaks. He is the God of Israel. He says, “I will make these people eat bitter food. I will make them drink poisoned water.
- Jeremiah 23:15 - So the Lord who rules over all speaks about the prophets. He says, “I will make them eat bitter food. I will make them drink poisoned water. The prophets of Jerusalem have spread their ungodly ways all through the land.”