Jeremiah 2:35

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And thou sayest, `Because I have been innocent, Surely turned back hath His anger from me?' Lo, I have been judged with thee, Because of thy saying, `I have not sinned.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:13 : 13 Whoso is covering his transgressions prospereth not, And he who is confessing and forsaking hath mercy.
  • Isa 58:3 : 3 `Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.' Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.
  • Jer 2:9 : 9 Therefore, yet I plead with you, An affirmation of Jehovah, And with your sons' sons I plead.
  • Jer 2:23 : 23 How sayest thou, `I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?' See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,
  • Jer 2:29 : 29 Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Jer 25:31 : 31 Wasting hath come unto the end of the earth, For a controversy hath Jehovah with nations, He hath executed judgment for all flesh, The wicked! He hath given them to the sword, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 And I was alive apart from law once, and the command having come, the sin revived, and I died;
  • 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 if we may say -- `we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us; 9 if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness; 10 if we may say -- `we have not sinned,' a liar we make Him, and His word is not in us.
  • Job 33:9 : 9 `Pure `am' I, without transgression, Innocent `am' I, and I have no iniquity.

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    8 Surely -- thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:

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    2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- `My righteousness `is' more than God's?'

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    28 I have been afraid of all my griefs, I have known that Thou dost not acquit me.

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  • 4 Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.

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    5 For Job hath said, `I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

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    4 And also -- truly, I have erred, With me doth my error remain.

    5 If, truly, over me ye magnify yourselves, And decide against me my reproach;

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    31 For unto God hath any said: `I have taken away, I do not corruptly,

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    28 And, now, please, look upon me, Even to your face do I lie?

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  • 26 Cause me to remember -- we are judged together, Declare thou that thou mayest be justified.

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    24 And I am perfect before Him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

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    18 Lo, I pray you, I have set in order the cause, I have known that I am righteous.

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    23 And I am perfect with him, And I keep myself from mine iniquity.

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  • 18 For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.

  • 28 But ye say, `Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.

  • 5 Is not thy wickedness abundant? And there is no end to thine iniquities.

  • 20 If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! -- it declareth me perverse.

  • 27 He looketh on men, and saith, `I sinned, And uprightness I have perverted, And it hath not been profitable to me.

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  • 11 And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me.

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