Jeremiah 42:20

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.

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Other Translations

  • 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.'

  • 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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:

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • 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

  • Num 16:38 : 38 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.
  • Ps 18:44 : 44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me.
  • Ps 65:3 : 3 Iniquities prevail against me; as for our transgressions, You shall purge them away.
  • Jer 3:10 : 10 And yet for all this, her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to me with her whole heart, but in pretension, says the LORD.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I the LORD search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his deeds.
  • Jer 42:2 : 2 And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech you, our supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us to the LORD your God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few out of many, as your eyes do see us:)
  • Ezek 14:3-4 : 3 Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their faces: should I be inquired of at all by them? 4 Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Every man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him who comes according to the multitude of his idols;
  • Ezek 33:31 : 31 And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness.
  • Matt 22:15-18 : 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle him in his talk. 16 And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, nor do you care about anyone, for you do not regard the person of men. 17 Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
  • Matt 22:35 : 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying,
  • Gal 6:7 : 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap.
  • Jas 1:22 : 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

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