Jeremiah 31:21

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.

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Other Translations

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Set thee up{H5324} waymarks,{H6725} make{H7760} thee guide-posts;{H8564} set{H7896} thy heart{H3820} toward the highway,{H4546} even the way{H1870} by which thou wentest:{H1980} turn again,{H7725} O virgin{H1330} of Israel,{H3478} turn again{H7725} to these thy cities.{H5892}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Set thee up{H5324}{(H8685)} waymarks{H6725}, make{H7760}{(H8798)} thee high heaps{H8564}: set{H7896}{(H8798)} thine heart{H3820} toward the highway{H4546}, even the way{H1870} which thou wentest{H1980}{(H8804)}: turn again{H7725}{(H8798)}, O virgin{H1330} of Israel{H3478}, turn again{H7725}{(H8798)} to these thy cities{H5892}.

  • 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 shall ask the way to Zion with their faces toward it, saying, Come and let us join ourselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
  • Isa 48:20 : 20 Go out from Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare, tell this, proclaim it even to the end of the earth; say, 'The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob.'
  • Isa 52:11-12 : 11 Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; be clean, you who bear the vessels of the LORD. 12 For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
  • Isa 57:14 : 14 And shall say, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
  • Isa 62:10 : 10 Pass through, pass through the gates; prepare the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; remove the stones; lift up a banner for the people.
  • Jer 3:14 : 14 Turn, O backsliding children, says the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you, one from a city, and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
  • Jer 31:4 : 4 Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall again be adorned with tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.
  • Ps 84:5 : 5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in you, in whose heart are the ways to Zion.
  • Jer 51:50 : 50 You who have escaped the sword, go away, do not stand still; remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
  • Ezek 40:4 : 4 The man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show it to you. Declare all you see to the house of Israel."
  • Hag 1:5 : 5 Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.
  • Zech 2:6-7 : 6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, says the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of heaven, says the LORD. 7 Deliver yourself, O Zion, who dwells with the daughter of Babylon.
  • Zech 10:9 : 9 And I will sow them among the people, and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children and turn again.
  • Prov 24:32 : 32 Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it, and received instruction.
  • Jer 51:6 : 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul; be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; He will render to her a recompense.
  • Deut 32:46 : 46 And he said to them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
  • 1 Chr 29:3 : 3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have given of my own proper goods, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
  • 2 Chr 11:16 : 16 After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers.
  • 2 Chr 20:3 : 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
  • Ps 62:10 : 10 Trust not in oppression, and do not become vain in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

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    4 Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall again be adorned with tambourines, and shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.

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