Jeremiah 23:23

In 11 translations

BSB

“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”

KJV

Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

WEB

“Am I a God at hand,” says Yahweh, “and not a God afar off?

ASV

Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

LSV

[Am] I a God near,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “And not a God far off?

YLT

A God near [am] I — an affirmation of Jehovah, And not a God afar off?

DBY

Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?ElohimElohim

DRC

Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

GNV

Am I a God at hande, saith the Lord, and not a God farre off?

JPS

Am I a God near at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

LXXE

I am a God nigh at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off.

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WLC

הַאֱלֹהֵ֧י מִקָּרֹ֛ב אָ֖נִי נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹ֥א אֱלֹהֵ֖י מֵרָחֹֽק׃

LXX-Br

Θεὸς ἐγγίζων ἐγώ εἰμι, λέγει Κύριος, καὶ οὐχὶ Θεὸς πόῤῥωθεν.

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• Psalms 139:1–10O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. Even before a word is on my…
• Ezekiel 20:32–35When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass. As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an…
• 1 Kings 20:28Then the man of God approached the king of Israel and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because the Arameans think the LORD is a god of the hills and not of the valleys, I will deliver all this great army into your…
• 1 Kings 20:23Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.
• Jonah 1:3–4Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the…
• Psalms 113:5Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high?

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