Jeremiah 18:5

Bible in Basic English

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:

Hebrew Names Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

King James Version
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to me:

New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New Century Version
Then the Lord spoke his word to me:

Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me:

World English Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to me saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Contemporary English Version
Then the Lord told me to say:

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the word of Adonai came to me:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then this message from the Lord came to me:

George Lamsa Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Good News Translation
Then the Lord said to me,

Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then sayde the LORDE thus vnto me:

American Standard Version
Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde the Lorde thus vnto me:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

English Revised Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,

Update Bible Version
Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

New English Translation
Then the Lord said to me,

New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

New Living Translation
Then the Lord gave me this message:

New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to me saying,

New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord came to me:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me:

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah to me, saying:

THE MESSAGE
Then God 's Message came to me: "Can't I do just as this potter does, people of Israel?" God 's Decree! "Watch this potter. In the same way that this potter works his clay, I work on you, people of Israel. At any moment I may decide to pull up a people or a country by the roots and get rid of them. But if they repent of their wicked lives, I will think twice and start over with them. At another time I might decide to plant a people or country, but if they don't cooperate and won't listen to me, I will think again and give up on the plans I had for them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, ² Up! go down to the potter's house, and there I will let my words come to your ears. ³ Then I went down to the potter's house, and he was doing his work on the stones. ⁴ And when the vessel, which he was forming out of earth, got damaged in the hand of the potter, he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make it. ⁵ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁶ O Israel, am I not able to do with you as this potter does? says the Lord. See, like earth in the potter's hand are you in my hands, O Israel. ⁷ Whenever I say anything about uprooting a nation or a kingdom, and smashing it and sending destruction on it; ⁸ If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed. ⁹ And whenever I say anything about building up a nation or a kingdom, and planting it; ¹⁰ If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed.

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Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.

Genesis 33:10
And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.

Judges 6:18
Do not go away till I come with my offering and put it before you. And he said, I will not go away before you come back.

Judges 13:15
And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.

Judges 19:5
Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way.

Psalms 104:15
And wine to make glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face shining, and bread giving strength to his heart.

Isaiah 3:1
For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to take away from Jerusalem and from Judah all their support; their store of bread and of water;

Matthew 6:11
Give us this day bread for our needs.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. While he was in the potter's house, and after he had observed his manner of working, and the change he had made in his work, the Lord spoke to him, and applied it in the following manner.