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A Warning against Going to Egypt

Jeremiah 42:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:
KJV
And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
WEB
and said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him, says:
ASV
and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:
LSV
and he says to them, “Thus said YHWH, God of Israel, to whom you sent me, to cause your supplication to fall before Him:
YLT
and he saith unto them, 'Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me, to cause your supplication to fall before Him:
DBY
and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel, to whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him:Elohim
DRC
And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, to whom you sent me, to present your supplications before him:
GNV
And saide vnto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, vnto whom ye sent me to present your prayers before him,
JPS
and said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before Him:
LXXE49:9
and he said to them, Thus saith the Lord;

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כֹּֽה־אָמַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר שְׁלַחְתֶּ֤ם אֹתִי֙ אֵלָ֔יו לְהַפִּ֥יל תְּחִנַּתְכֶ֖ם לְפָנָֽיו׃
LXX-Br49:9
καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος,

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  • 2 Kings 19:6who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
  • Jeremiah 42:2Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
  • 2 Kings 19:4Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore…
  • 2 Kings 22:15–20And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the…
  • 2 Kings 19:20–37Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria. This is the word that the LORD has spoken against…

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  • 49:9 in some Bibles
  • 42:9 in most Bibles

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