New International Version (NIV)
16Their land will be an object of horror
and of lasting scorn;
all who pass by will be appalled
and will shake their heads.
Jeremiah 18:16
Jeremiah 18:16 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
16To make their land a desolation,
An object of perpetual hissing;
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished
And shake his head.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
16Making their land a desolation and a horror,
A thing to be hissed at perpetually;
Everyone who passes by will be astounded
And shake his head [in scorn].
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
16They have made their land a desolation,
a perpetual object of scorn;
all who pass by will be appalled
and shake their heads.
American Standard Version (ASV)
16to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
16To make their land desolate and a perpetual derision, so that euery one that passeth thereby, shalbe astonished and wagge his head,
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
16to make their land an astonishment,
and a perpetual hissing.
Everyone who passes by it will be astonished,
and shake his head.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
16So their land will become a horrible thing.
People will make fun of it again and again.
All those who pass by it will be shocked.
They will shake their heads.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
16So I will cause their land to become a terrible place.
People will always see how disgusting my people are.
Everybody who goes near there
will be very surprised.
They will shake their heads and they will insult my people.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
16To make their land become a desolation, || A continuous hissing, || Everyone passing by it is astonished, || And bemoans with his head.