The New Covenant
Jeremiah 31:39
In 10 translations
- BSB
- The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
- KJV
- And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
- WEB
- The measuring line will go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and will turn toward Goah.
- ASV
- And the measuring line shall go out further straight onward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.
- LSV
- And the measuring line has gone out again before it, over the height of Gareb, || And it has gone around to Goah.
- YLT
- And gone out again hath the measuring line Over-against it, unto the height of Gareb, And it hath compassed to Goah.
- DBY
- And the measuring line shall yet go forth before it unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn toward Goath.
- DRC
- And the measuring line shall go out farther in his sight upon the hill Gareb: and it shall compass Goatha,
- GNV
- And the line of the measure shall go foorth in his presence vpon the hil Gareb, and shall compasse about to Goath.
- JPS
- And the measuring line shall yet go out straight forward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.
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- Written (Ketiv): קְוֵה (“[the] line of”). Read aloud (Qere): קָ֤ו (“[the] line of”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads קָ֤וה; read aloud (Qere) reads קָ֤ו (“[the] line of”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְיָצָ֨א ע֜וֹד קוה הַמִּדָּה֙ נֶגְדּ֔וֹ עַ֖ל גִּבְעַ֣ת גָּרֵ֑ב וְנָסַ֖ב גֹּעָֽתָה׃Read aloud as (qere): קָ֤ו
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Cross-references most cited first
- Zechariah 2:1–2Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. “Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”
- Ezekiel 40:8Then he measured the portico of the gateway inside;
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 38:39 in some Bibles