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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

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