Jeremiah 17:16

Jeremiah chapter 17 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.

Context

v.15Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it come now.

v.16This passage

v.17Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.

Cross references

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

  • Jeremiah 18:20

    Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

  • Jeremiah 1:4

    Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

  • Jeremiah 20:9

    And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot contain.

  • James 3:1

    Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

  • Acts 20:20

    how I shrank not from declaring unto you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to house,

  • Amos 7:14

    Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees: