Jeremiah 1:12

In 11 translations

BSB

“You have observed correctly,” said the LORD, “for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.”The Hebrew for watching sounds like the Hebrew for almond tree.

KJV

Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

WEB

Then Yahweh said to me, “You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it.”

ASV

Then said Jehovah unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.

LSV

And YHWH says to me, “You have seen well: for I am watching over My word to do it.”

YLT

And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Thou hast well seen: for I am watching over My word to do it.'

DBY

And Jehovah said unto me, Thou hast well seen; for I am watchful over my word to perform it.

DRC

And the Lord said to me: Thou hast seen well: for I will watch over my word to perform it.

GNV

Then saide the Lord vnto me, Thou hast seene aright: for I will hasten my worde to performe it.

JPS

Then said the LORD unto me: 'Thou hast well seen; for I watch over My word to perform it.'

LXXE

And the Lord said to me, Thou hast well seen: for I have watched over my words to perform them.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י הֵיטַ֣בְתָּ לִרְא֑וֹת כִּֽי־שֹׁקֵ֥ד אֲנִ֛י עַל־דְּבָרִ֖י לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς μὲ, καλῶς ἑώρακας, διότι ἐγρήγορα ἐγὼ ἐπὶ τοὺς λόγους μου τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτούς.

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• Ezekiel 12:28Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”
• Ezekiel 12:25because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
• Ezekiel 12:22–23“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’? Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in…
• Luke 10:28“You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
• Deuteronomy 5:28And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
• Amos 8:2“Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
• Deuteronomy 18:17Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
• Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
• Jeremiah 52:1–34Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD,…
• Luke 20:39Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”
• Jeremiah 39:1–18In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city. And on the ninth day of the fourth month of…

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