Jeremiah 2:21

Jeremiah 2:21 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

21I had planted you like a choice vine
of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
into a corrupt, wild vine?

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

21“Yet I planted you as a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned yourself before Me
Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?

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New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

21Yet I planted you a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned yourself before Me
Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

21“Yet I had planted you [O house of Israel as] a choice vine,
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned against Me
Into degenerate shoots of a foreign and wild vine [alien to Me]?

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

21I had planted you like a choice vine
from the very best seed.
How could you turn yourself before Me
into a rotten, wild vine?

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

21You were like a good vine when I planted you.
You were a healthy plant.
Then how did you turn against me?
How did you become a bad, wild vine?

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