Jeremiah 31:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Set up road markers for yourself; make guideposts. Take note of the road, the way by which you traveled. Return, O virgin Israel, return to your towns.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Set up waymarks, make high heaps: set your heart toward the highway, the way you came: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Set thee up waymarks, make thee guide-posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Get the watchmen, prouyde teachers for the: set thine herte vpon the right waie, that thou shuldest walke, and turne agayne: (o thou doughter of Israel,) turne agayne to these cities of thyne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Set thee vp signes: make thee heapes: set thine heart towarde the path and way, that thou hast walked: turne againe, O virgine of Israel: turne againe to these thy cities.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Make thy selfe markes, set vp heapes of stone, set thine heart vpon the way that thou didst walke, and turne againe O thou daughter of Israel, turne agayne to these cities of thine.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, [even] the way [which] thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Set up for thee signs, make for thee heaps, Set thy heart to the highway, the way thou wentest, Turn back, O virgin of Israel, Turn back unto these thy cities.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Set thee up waymarks, make thee guide-posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Set thee up waymarks, make thee guide-posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Put up guiding pillars, make road signs for yourself: give attention to the highway, even the way in which you went: be turned again, O virgin of Israel, be turned to these your towns.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I will say,‘My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 50:5 : 5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
  • Isa 48:20 : 20 Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with shouts of joy; proclaim it and make this known to the ends of the earth: The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!
  • Isa 52:11-12 : 11 Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. 12 For you will not leave in haste or go in flight; for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 And it will be said: 'Build up, build up, prepare the road! Remove the obstacles out of the way of my people.'
  • Isa 62:10 : 10 Pass through, pass through the gates! Clear the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway; remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations!
  • Jer 3:14 : 14 Return, faithless children,' declares the LORD, 'for I am your master. I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
  • Jer 31:4 : 4 I will build you up again, and you will be rebuilt, O virgin Israel. Again, you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.
  • Ps 84:5 : 5 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house, ever praising You. Selah.
  • Jer 51:50 : 50 You who have escaped the sword, go! Do not linger. Remember the Lord from afar, and let Jerusalem come to your mind.
  • Ezek 40:4 : 4 The man said to me, 'Son of man, look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for this is why you have been brought here. Declare everything you see to the house of Israel.'
  • Hag 1:5 : 5 Now, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider carefully your ways.
  • Zech 2:6-7 : 6 I asked, 'Where are you going?' And he replied, 'To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.' 7 Then behold, the angel who was speaking with me went out, and another angel came to meet him.
  • Zech 10:9 : 9 Though I scatter them among the nations, they will remember Me even in distant lands. They will live with their children and return.
  • Prov 24:32 : 32 I observed and took it to heart; I saw it and received instruction.
  • Jer 51:6 : 6 Flee from Babylon! Save your lives! Do not perish in her punishment, for it is the time of the Lord's vengeance; He will repay her what she has done.
  • Deut 32:46 : 46 he said to them: Set your hearts on all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law.
  • 1 Chr 29:3 : 3 Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now dedicate my personal treasure of gold and silver for the house of my God, in addition to all I have already provided for the holy house.
  • 2 Chr 11:16 : 16 Those from all the tribes of Israel who had set their hearts on seeking the LORD, the God of Israel, followed them to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  • 2 Chr 20:3 : 3 Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he resolved to seek the LORD. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

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