Jeremiah 1:4

Jeremiah chapter 1 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Context

v.3It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.

v.4This passage

v.5Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 1:2

    to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.

  • Ezekiel 1:3

    the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.

  • Ezekiel 3:16

    And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,