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A Warning against Going to Egypt

Jeremiah 42:3

In 11 translations

BSB
Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”
KJV
That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
WEB
that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do.”
ASV
that Jehovah thy God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.
LSV
and your God YHWH declares to us the way in which we walk, and the thing that we do.”
YLT
and Jehovah thy God doth declare to us the way in which we walk, and the thing that we do.'
DBY
that Jehovah thy God may shew us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.Elohim
DRC
And let the Lord thy God shew us the way by which we may walk, and the thing that we must do.
GNV
That the Lord thy God may shewe vs the way wherein wee may walke, and the thing that we may doe.
JPS
that the LORD thy God may tell us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.'
LXXE49:3
And let the Lord thy God declare to us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing which we should do.

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WLC
וְיַגֶּד־לָ֨נוּ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֶת־הַדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נֵֽלֶךְ־בָּ֑הּ וְאֶת־הַדָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃
LXX-Br49:3
Καὶ ἀναγγειλάτω ἡμῖν Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου τὴν ὁδὸν ᾗ πορευσόμεθα ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ λόγον ὃν ποιήσομεν.

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  • Psalms 86:11Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.
  • Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
  • Jeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
  • Ezra 8:21And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
  • Micah 4:2And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion…
  • Psalms 25:4–5Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
  • Deuteronomy 5:26For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
  • Isaiah 2:3And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion,…
  • Psalms 143:8–10Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul. Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge. Teach me to…
  • 1 Kings 8:36then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an…
  • Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
  • Mark 12:13–14Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in…
  • Psalms 27:11Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.

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  • 49:3 in some Bibles
  • 42:3 in most Bibles

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