Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

Jeremiah 17:11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 11 Like a partridge that gathers what it has not laid,
  So is the one who acquires riches dishonestly.*+
  
  They will leave him in midlife,
  And in the end he will prove senseless.”

Jeremiah 17:11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 11 Like a partridge that gathers what it has not laid,
  So is the one who acquires riches dishonestly.*+
  
  They will leave him in midlife,
  And in the end he will prove senseless.”

Jeremiah 17:11

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 11 [As] the partridge that has gathered together* what it has not laid is the one making riches, but not with justice.+ At the half of his days he will leave them,+ and in his finale he will prove to be senseless.”+

Jeremiah 17:11

The Bible in Living English
- 11 ** One who makes a fortune without a right is a partridge, that has called young together without being their mother; in the middle of his days it will leave him, and in his latter days he will be glum.

Jeremiah 17:11

American Standard Version
- 11 As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

Jeremiah 17:11

The Emphasized Bible
- 11 [As] a partridge gathereth eggs she did not lay, [So] is he that maketh riches but not with justice,—In the midst of his days shall he leave them, And in his latter end prove to have been base.