Jeremiah 2:21 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
American Standard Version (ASV)
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?
Darby English Bible (DBY)
And I, -- I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me?
World English Bible (WEB)
Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the degenerate shoots of a strange vine?
| Yet I | וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ | wĕʾānōkiy | veh-ah-noh-HEE |
| had planted | נְטַעְתִּ֣יךְ | nĕṭaʿtîk | neh-ta-TEEK |
| vine, noble a thee | שׂוֹרֵ֔ק | śôrēq | soh-RAKE |
| wholly | כֻּלֹּ֖ה | kullō | koo-LOH |
| a right | זֶ֣רַע | zeraʿ | ZEH-ra |
| seed: | אֱמֶ֑ת | ʾĕmet | ay-MET |
| how | וְאֵיךְ֙ | wĕʾêk | veh-ake |
| turned thou art then | נֶהְפַּ֣כְתְּ | nehpakĕt | neh-PA-het |
| into the degenerate plant | לִ֔י | lî | lee |
| strange a of | סוּרֵ֖י | sûrê | soo-RAY |
| vine | הַגֶּ֥פֶן | haggepen | ha-ɡEH-fen |
| unto me? | נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ | nokriyyâ | noke-ree-YA |