Jeremiah 9:2 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
Oh that I had in the wilderness a traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
World English Bible (WEB)
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Who doth give me in a wilderness A lodging-place of travellers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them `are' adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones.
| Oh that | מִֽי | mî | mee |
| I had | יִתְּנֵ֣נִי | yittĕnēnî | yee-teh-NAY-nee |
| in the wilderness | בַמִּדְבָּ֗ר | bammidbār | va-meed-BAHR |
| place lodging a | מְלוֹן֙ | mĕlôn | meh-LONE |
| of wayfaring men; | אֹֽרְחִ֔ים | ʾōrĕḥîm | oh-reh-HEEM |
| that I might leave | וְאֶֽעֶזְבָה֙ | wĕʾeʿezbāh | veh-eh-ez-VA |
| אֶת | ʾet | et | |
| my people, | עַמִּ֔י | ʿammî | ah-MEE |
| and go | וְאֵלְכָ֖ה | wĕʾēlĕkâ | veh-ay-leh-HA |
| from | מֵֽאִתָּ֑ם | mēʾittām | may-ee-TAHM |
| them! for | כִּ֤י | kî | kee |
| all be they | כֻלָּם֙ | kullām | hoo-LAHM |
| adulterers, | מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים | mĕnāʾăpîm | meh-NA-uh-FEEM |
| an assembly | עֲצֶ֖רֶת | ʿăṣeret | uh-TSEH-ret |
| of treacherous men. | בֹּגְדִֽים׃ | bōgĕdîm | boh-ɡeh-DEEM |