Jeremiah 29:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

This is what the LORD says: When seventy years for Babylon are complete, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֠י לְפִ֞י מְלֹ֧את לְבָבֶ֛ל שִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה אֶפְקֹ֣ד אֶתְכֶ֑ם וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤י עֲלֵיכֶם֙ אֶת־דְּבָרִ֣י הַטּ֔וֹב לְהָשִׁ֣יב אֶתְכֶ֔ם אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה

Transliteration

For-thus ʾāmar YHWH that according-to məlōʾt for-bābel seventy šānâ ʾepqōd ʾetḵem wə-hăqîmōtî upon-you ʾet-dəbārî the-ṭôb to-hāšîb ʾetḵem to-the-māqôm the-this

Grammar Details

• *ʾāmar*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - says/said
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
• *məlōʾt*: qal infinitive construct - fulfilling/completion
• *bābel*: proper noun - Babylon
• *šānâ*: feminine singular noun - year
• *ʾepqōd*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will visit/attend to
• *ʾetḵem*: direct object marker with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *hăqîmōtî*: hiphil perfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - I will establish
• *dəbārî*: masculine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my word
• *ṭôb*: masculine singular adjective - good
• *hāšîb*: hiphil infinitive construct - to bring back/return
• *māqôm*: masculine singular noun - place

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmar*: said/says/declared
• *məlōʾt*: fulfilling/completion/when are fulfilled
• *ʾepqōd*: I will visit/attend to/take note of
• *hăqîmōtî*: I will establish/fulfill/confirm
• *dəbārî*: my word/promise/speech
• *ṭôb*: good/favorable/pleasing
• *hāšîb*: to bring back/return/restore
• *māqôm*: place/location/site

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} After{H6310} seventy{H7657} years{H8141} are accomplished{H4390} for Babylon,{H894} I will visit{H6485} you, and perform{H6965} my good{H2896} word{H1697} toward you, in causing you to return{H7725} to this place.{H4725}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, That after{H6310} seventy{H7657} years{H8141} be accomplished{H4390}{(H8800)} at Babylon{H894} I will visit{H6485}{(H8799)} you, and perform{H6965}{(H8689)} my good{H2896} word{H1697} toward you, in causing you to return{H7725}{(H8687)} to this place{H4725}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But thus saieth the LORDE: When ye haue fulfilled lxx yeares at Babilon, I wil bringe you home, and of myne owne goodnes I will carie you hither agayne vnto this place.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But thus saith the Lorde, That after seuentie yeeres be accomplished at Babel, I will visite you, and performe my good promes toward you, and cause you to returne to this place.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But thus saith the Lorde, When ye haue fulfylled seuentie yeres at Babylon, I will bring you home, and of mine owne goodnesse I wyll cary you hither agayne into this place.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For thus says Yahweh, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `For thus said Jehovah, Surely at the fulness of Babylon -- seventy years -- I inspect you, and have established towards you My good word, to bring you back unto this place.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thus saith Jehovah, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For thus saith Jehovah, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For this is what the Lord has said: When seventy years are ended for Babylon, I will have pity on you and give effect to my good purpose for you, causing you to come back to this place.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For thus says Yahweh, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “For the LORD says,‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 27:22 : 22 ‘They will be taken to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them, declares the LORD. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’
• Jer 24:6-7 : 6 I will watch over them with care and bring them back to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. 7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.
• Jer 25:12 : 12 'But when the seventy years are completed,' declares the LORD, 'I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it desolate forever.'
• Dan 9:2 : 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet, must be fulfilled for the desolation of Jerusalem—seventy years.
• Zeph 2:7 : 7 The land along the coast will belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; there they will graze. In the evening, they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The Lord their God will care for them and restore their fortunes.
• Zech 7:5 : 5 Say to all the people of the land and the priests: 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, did you really fast for me?'
• 2 Chr 36:21-Ezra 1:2 : 21 This happened to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the time of its desolation it rested, to fulfill seventy years. 22 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and he also put it in writing: 23 This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build a temple for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of His people among you—may the LORD their God be with them, and let them go up.’ 1 In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia. He made a proclamation throughout his kingdom and put it in writing, saying: 2 This is what Cyrus, king of Persia, says: 'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a temple in Jerusalem, in Judah.'
• Jer 27:7 : 7 All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.
• Jer 32:42-44 : 42 This is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. 43 Fields will once again be purchased in this land about which you are saying, 'It is a desolate place without man or beast; it has been handed over to the Chaldeans.' 44 Fields will be bought with silver, deeds signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin and in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah, the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore their fortunes, declares the LORD.