Jeremiah 18:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Neh 6:9 : 9 For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, [O God], strengthen thou my hands.
Ps 55:16-17 : 16 As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
Ps 109:28 : 28 Let them curse, but bless thou: When they arise, they shall be put to shame, But thy servant shall rejoice.
Jer 20:12 : 12 But, O Jehovah of hosts, that triest the righteous, that seest the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Mic 7:8 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.
Luke 6:11-12 : 11 But they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus. 12 And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.
Ps 56:1-3 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God; For man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. 2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; {H4791} For they are many that fight proudly against me. 3 What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.
Ps 64:1-4 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint: Preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity; 3 Who have whet their tongue like a sword, And have aimed their arrows, even bitter words, 4 That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Ps 109:4 : 4 For my love they are my adversaries: But I [give myself unto] prayer.
2 Kgs 19:16 : 16 Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to defy the living God.
Neh 4:4-5 : 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity; 5 and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked [thee] to anger before the builders.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Jer 17:15
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Ps 5:1-2
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1For the Chief Musician; with the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.
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Job 13:19
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Ps 54:2
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Ps 86:6
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6Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer; And hearken unto the voice of my supplications.
Mic 6:1-2
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1Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
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20But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
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Ps 141:1
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Ps 102:1
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Ps 17:6
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6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, [and] hear my speech.
Ps 142:6
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6Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.
Ps 143:1
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Ps 25:19
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Ps 22:19
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Ps 35:24
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Jer 18:22-23
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Jer 15:15
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Jer 17:18-19
2 verses
72%
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Ps 38:16
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Ps 119:149
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Ps 27:7
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Ps 39:12
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Jer 2:29
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Ps 69:17
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1The word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,
Ps 7:6
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