# Jeremiah 4.23 **Book:** [Jeremiah](/codex/jeremiah/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 21. How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22. For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. > > **23. I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.** > > 24. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro. 25. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. (Jeremiah 4:21-25, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 21. How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22. “For my people are foolish, they don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.” > > **23. I saw the earth, and, behold, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.** > > 24. I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth. 25. I saw, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the sky had fled. (Jeremiah 4:21-25, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 21. How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22. For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. > > **23. I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.** > > 24. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. 25. I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. (Jeremiah 4:21-25, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 21. Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet? 22. For my people [are] foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons [are] they, yea, they [are] not intelligent, Wise [are] they to do evil, And to do good they have not known. > > **23. I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.** > > 24. I have looked [to] the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly. 25. I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled. (Jeremiah 4:21-25, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Notes _Your annotations._ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.