New International Version (NIV)
13“My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken me,
the spring of living water,
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Jeremiah 2:13
Jeremiah 2:13 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
13“For My people have committed two evils:
They have abandoned Me,
The fountain of living waters,
To carve out for themselves cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That do not hold water.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
13“For My people have committed two evils:
They have abandoned (rejected) Me,
The fountain of living water,
And they have carved out their own cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That cannot hold water.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
13“For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me,
the fountain of living water,
and they have dug their own cisterns —
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
American Standard Version (ASV)
13For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
13For my people haue committed two euils: they haue forsaken mee the fountaine of liuing waters, to digge them pittes, euen broken pittes, that can holde no water.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
13“For my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters,
and cut out cisterns for themselves: broken cisterns that can’t hold water.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
13“My people have sinned twice.
They have deserted me,
even though I am the spring of water that gives life.
And they have dug their own wells.
But those wells are broken.
They can’t hold any water.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
13My people have done two evil things:
I give them life, like a spring of fresh water,
but they have turned away from me.
Instead, they have tried to get water for themselves.
They have dug holes in the ground to store it.
But those holes cannot hold the water.
It quickly pours away.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
13“For My people have done two evils, || They have forsaken Me, a fountain of living waters, || To hew out for themselves wells—broken wells, || That do not contain the waters.