Jeremiah 44:17

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BSB

Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.

KJV

But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

WEB

But we will certainly perform every word that has gone out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.

ASV

But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

DARBY

but we will certainly do every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens, and to pour out drink-offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our princes, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and we had plenty of bread, and were well, and saw no evil.

BLB

For we will surely do will we do every word that has gone forth from our mouth, burning incense to the queen of the heavens, and pouring out to her drink offerings, as we have done—we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem. And we were satisfied [with] food, and we were well, and we did not see evil.

ÅB

men vi vil gjøre alt det som vi har lovt med vår munn; vi vil brenne røkelse for himmelens dronning og utøse drikkoffer for henne, slik som vi har gjort, vi og våre fedre, våre konger og våre høvdinger, i Judas byer og på Jerusalems gater. Da ble vi mettet med brød, og det gikk oss vel, og ingen ulykke rammet oss.

OTB

Vi vil absolutt utføre hvert ord som har kommet fra våre munner, ved å brenne ofre til himmeldronningen og utøse drikkofre til henne, akkurat som vi, våre forfedre, våre konger og våre ledere gjorde i byene i Juda og gatene i Jerusalem. På den tiden hadde vi nok mat, hadde det godt, og så ingen ulykke.

B1930

men vi vil gjøre alt det som vi har lovt med vår munn; vi vil brenne røkelse for himmelens dronning og utøse drikkoffer for henne, likesom vi har gjort, vi og våre fedre, våre konger og våre høvdinger, i Judas byer og på Jerusalems gater. Da blev vi mettet med brød, og det gikk oss vel, og ingen ulykke rammet oss.

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