Jeremiah 42:20
What does Jeremiah 42:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 42:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862for 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 <FI>it<Fi> ;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For you have deceived your own souls: for you sent me to the Lord our God, saying: Pray for us to the Lord our God, and according to all that the Lord our God shall say to thee, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For ye deceived yourselves in your own souls, when ye sent me unto Jehovah yourGod, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah ourGod; and according to all that Jehovah ourGod shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- James 1:22
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deluding your own selves.
- Matthew 22:15
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in his talk.
- Ezekiel 14:3
Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them?
- Numbers 16:38
even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
- Jeremiah 42:2
and said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray thee, our supplication be presented before thee, and pray for us unto Jehovah thy God, even for all this remnant (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us),
- Psalms 65:3
Iniquities prevail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.
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