Jeremiah 49:11
What does Jeremiah 49:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 49:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Leave thine orphans--I do keep alive, And thy widows--on Me trust ye,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Leave thy fatherless children: I will make them live: and thy widows shall hope in me.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Leave thine orphans, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Context
v.10But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is destroyed, and his brethren, and his neighbors; and he is not.
v.11This passage
v.12For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, they to whom it pertained not to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 10:18
He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.
- 1 Timothy 5:5
Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, hath her hope set on God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
- Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- Psalms 146:9
Jehovah preserveth the sojourners; He upholdeth the fatherless and widow; But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
- Psalms 82:3
Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
- Psalms 10:14
Thou hast seenit; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
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