Jeremiah 42:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For you have deceived yourselves when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, 'Pray to the LORD our God for us, and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us and we will do it.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For you dissembled in your hearts, when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For ye have dealt deceitfully{H8582} against your own souls;{H5315} for ye sent{H7971} me unto Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} saying,{H559} Pray{H6419} for us unto Jehovah{H3068} our God;{H430} and according unto all that Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} shall say,{H559} so declare{H5046} unto us, and we will do{H6213} it:

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For ye dissembled{H8582}{(H8689)} in your hearts{H5315}, when ye sent{H7971}{(H8804)} me unto the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Pray{H6419}{(H8690)} for us unto the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}; and according unto all that the LORD{H3068} our God{H430} shall say{H559}{(H8799)}, so declare{H5046}{(H8685)} unto us, and we will do{H6213}{(H8804)} it.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    ls shal ye begyle youre selues. For ye sent me vnto the LORDE youre God, and sayde: O praye thou the LORDE oure God for vs: and loke what answere the LORDE oure God geueth the, that bringe vs agayne, ad we shall do thereafter.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Surely ye dissembled in your hearts When ye sent me vnto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for vs vnto the Lorde our God, and declare vnto vs euen according vnto al that the Lord our God shall say, and we will doe it.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For ye haue dissembled with me: for ye sent me vnto the Lorde your God, and sayde, O pray thou the Lorde our God for vs, and loke what aunswere the Lorde our God geueth thee, that bryng vs agayne, and we shall do therafter:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do [it].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done `it';

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according unto all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according unto all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it:

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the LORD your God and asked me,‘Pray to the LORD our God for us. Tell us what the LORD our God says and we will do it.’

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 18:44 : 44 You deliver me from the strife of the people; You make me the head of nations; a people I had not known serves me.
  • Ps 65:3 : 3 You who hear prayer, to you all humanity will come.
  • Jer 3:10 : 10 In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense, declares the LORD.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I, the LORD, search the heart and test the mind, to give each person according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.
  • Jer 42:2 : 2 They said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our petition fall before you and pray to the LORD your God for us, for all this remnant. For we are few left from many, as your own eyes can see us.
  • Ezek 14:3-4 : 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and placed the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces. Should I really let myself be consulted by them? 4 Therefore, speak to them and say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Any man from the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face and then comes to the prophet—I, the LORD, will answer him myself in keeping with the multitude of his idols.'
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 They come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. With their mouths they express love, but their hearts pursue unjust gain.
  • Matt 22:15-18 : 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap him in his words. 16 And they sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians, saying, 'Teacher, we know that you are truthful and teach the way of God in truth. You do not care about anyone’s opinion, for you do not look at people’s appearances.' 17 Tell us, then, what you think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? 18 But Jesus, perceiving their malice, said, 'Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
  • Matt 22:35 : 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with a question,
  • Gal 6:7 : 7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that they will also reap.
  • Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

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