A Warning against Going to Egypt
Jeremiah 42:13
In 11 translations
- BSB
- But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,
- KJV
- ¶ But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,
- WEB
- “‘But if you say, “We will not dwell in this land,” so that you don’t obey Yahweh your God’s voice,
- ASV
- But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of Jehovah your God,
- LSV
- And if you are saying, We do not dwell in this land—not to listen to the voice of your God YHWH,
- YLT
- 'And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land — not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,
- DBY
- But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so as not to hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God,Elohim
- DRC
- But if you say: We will not dwell in this land, neither will we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God,
- GNV
- But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither heare the voyce of the Lord your God,
- JPS
- But if ye say: We will not abide in this land; so that ye hearken not to the voice of the LORD your God;
- LXXE49:13
- But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, that we may not hearken to the voice of the Lord;
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְאִם־אֹמְרִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם לֹ֥א נֵשֵׁ֖ב בָּאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את לְבִלְתִּ֣י שְׁמֹ֔עַ בְּק֖וֹל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃
- LXX-Br49:13
- Καὶ εἰ λέγετε ὑμεῖς, οὐ μὴ καθίσωμεν ἐν τῇ γῇ ταύτῃ, πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἀκοῦσαι φωνῆς Κυρίου,
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
- Exodus 5:2But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”
- Jeremiah 42:10‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 49:13 in some Bibles
- 42:13 in most Bibles