Jeremiah 31:36

KJV1611 – Modern English

If those ordinances depart from before me, says the LORD, then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Only if these decrees vanish from my sight, declares the LORD, will the descendants of Israel ever cease to be a nation before me.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    If these ordinances{H2706} depart{H4185} from before{H6440} me, saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} then the seed{H2233} of Israel{H3478} also shall cease{H7673} from being a nation{H1471} before{H6440} me for ever.{H3117}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    If those ordinances{H2706} depart{H4185}{(H8799)} from before{H6440} me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, then the seed{H2233} of Israel{H3478} also shall cease{H7673}{(H8799)} from being a nation{H1471} before{H6440} me for ever{H3117}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Like as this ordinaunce shal neuer be taken out of my sight, saieth the LORDE: So shal the sede of Israel neuer ceasse, but all waye be a people before me.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    If these ordinances depart out of my sight, saith the Lorde, then shall the seede of Israel cease from being a nation before me, for euer.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Like as this ordinaunce shall neuer be taken out of my sight, saith the Lord: so shall the seede of Israel neuer ceasse, but alway be a people before me.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, [then] the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    If these statutes depart from before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, Even the seed of Israel doth cease From being a nation before Me all the days.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If the order of these things before me is ever broken, says the Lord, then will the seed of Israel come to an end as a nation before me for ever.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The LORD affirms,“The descendants of Israel will not cease forever to be a nation in my sight. That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights were to cease to operate before me.”

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 54:9-9 : 9 For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you. 10 For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, says the LORD that has mercy on you.
  • Jer 33:20-26 : 20 Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so there should not be day and night in their season, 21 Then my covenant may also be broken with David my servant, so that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites, the priests, my ministers. 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me. 23 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, 24 Do you not consider what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD has chosen, he has even cast them off? Thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus says the LORD: If my covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, 26 Then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
  • Ps 148:6 : 6 He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree that shall not pass away.
  • Ps 89:36-37 : 36 His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me. 37 It shall be established forever like the moon, and like a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
  • Amos 9:8-9 : 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD. 9 For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
  • Jer 46:28 : 28 Fear not, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD: for I am with you; for I will make a complete end of all the nations where I have driven you: but I will not make a complete end of you, but correct you in measure; yet I will not leave you wholly unpunished.
  • Ps 102:28 : 28 The children of your servants shall continue, and their descendants shall be established before you.
  • Ps 119:89 : 89 LAMED. Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven.
  • Deut 32:26 : 26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
  • Ps 72:5 : 5 They shall fear you as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
  • Ps 72:17 : 17 His name shall endure forever; his name shall continue as long as the sun, and men shall be blessed in him; all nations shall call him blessed.

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