Jeremiah 42:13

Bible in Basic English

But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ in order to disobey the Lord your God,

Hebrew Names Version
But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don't obey the voice of the LORD your God,

King James Version
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,

English Standard Version
But if you say, ‘We will not remain in this land,' disobeying the voice of the Lord your God

New American Standard Bible
'But if you are going to say, "We will not stay in this land," so as not to listen to the voice of the LORD your God,

New Century Version
"But if you say, ‘We will not stay in Judah,' you will disobey the Lord your God.

Amplified Bible
'But if you are going to say, "We will not stay in this land," and [in so doing] do not listen to the voice of the LORD your God,

World English Bible
But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you don't obey the voice of Yahweh your God,

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither heare the voyce of the Lord your God,

Legacy Standard Bible
But if you are going to say, "We will not stay in this land," so as not to listen to the voice of Yahweh your God,

Berean Standard Bible
But if you say, 'We will not stay in this land,' and so disobey the voice of the LORD your God,

Contemporary English Version
But you might keep on saying, "We won't stay here in Judah, and we won't obey the Lord our God.

Complete Jewish Bible
"But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,' thereby not heeding what Adonai your God is saying,

Darby Translation
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so as not to hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God,

Easy-to-Read Version
But you might say, ‘We will not stay in Judah.' If you say that, you will disobey the Lord your God.

George Lamsa Translation
But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God,

Good News Translation
"But you people who are left in Judah must not disobey the Lord your God and refuse to live in this land. You must not say, ‘No, we will go and live in Egypt, where we won't face war any more or hear the call to battle or go hungry.' If you say this, then the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says, ‘If you are determined to go and live in Egypt,

Lexham English Bible
But if you are saying, "We will not stay in this land," so as to not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God,

Literal Translation
But if you say, We will not live in this land or obey the voice of Jehovah your God,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles, yf ye purpose not to dwell in this londe, ner to folowe the voyce off the LORDE youre God:

American Standard Version
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of Jehovah your God,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if ye say: We will not abide in this land; so that ye hearken not to the voice of the LORD your God;

King James Version (1611)
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the Lord your God,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuerthelesse, yf ye purpose not to dwell in this lande, nor to folowe the voyce of the Lorde your God:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Thus saith the Lord, Go, and say to the men of Juda, and to them that dwell in Jerusalem, Will ye not receive correction to hearken to my words?

English Revised Version
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land; so that ye obey not the voice of the LORD your God;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe if ye seien, We schulen not dwelle in this lond, nether we schulen here the vois of oure Lord God, and seie,

Update Bible Version
But if you say, We will not dwell in this land; so that you do not obey the voice of Yahweh your God,

Webster's Bible Translation
But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God,

New English Translation
"You must not disobey the Lord your God by saying, ‘We will not stay in this land.'

New King James Version
"But if you say, "We will not dwell in this land,' disobeying the voice of the LORD your God,

New Living Translation
"But if you refuse to obey the Lord your God, and if you say, ‘We will not stay here;

New Life Bible
But if you say, "We will not stay in this land," and will not listen to the voice of the Lord your God,

New Revised Standard
But if you continue to say, ‘We will not stay in this land,' thus disobeying the voice of the Lord your God

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, since ye are saying, - We will not dwell in this land, - nor hearken unto the voice of Yahweh your God:

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if you say: We will not dwell in this land, neither will we hearken to the voice of the Lord our God,

Revised Standard Version
But if you say, 'We will not remain in this land,' disobeying the voice of the LORD your God

Young's Literal Translation
`And if ye are saying, We do not dwell in this land -- not to hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God,

THE MESSAGE
"But do not say, ‘We're not staying around this place,' refusing to obey the command of your God and saying instead, ‘No! We're off to Egypt, where things are peaceful—no wars, no attacking armies, plenty of food. We're going to live there.' If what's left of Judah is headed down that road, then listen to God 's Message. This is what God -of-the-Angel-Armies says: ‘If you have determined to go to Egypt and make that your home, then the very wars you fear will catch up with you in Egypt and the starvation you dread will track you down in Egypt. You'll die there! Every last one of you who is determined to go to Egypt and make it your home will either be killed, starve, or get sick and die. No survivors, not one! No one will escape the doom that I'll bring upon you.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'But if you are going to say, "We will not stay in this land," so as not to listen to the voice of the LORD your God,

Contextual Overview

⁷ And it came about that after ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. ⁸ And he sent for Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were still with him, and all the people, from the least to the greatest, ⁹ And said to them, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to put your request before him: ¹⁰ If you still go on living in the land, then I will go on building you up and not pulling you down, planting you and not uprooting you: for my purpose of doing evil to you has been changed. ¹¹ Have no fear of the king of Babylon, of whom you are now in fear; have no fear of him, says the Lord: for I am with you to keep you safe and to give you salvation from his hands. ¹² And I will have mercy on you, so that he may have mercy on you and let you go back to your land. ¹³ But if you say, We have no desire to go on living in this land; and do not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, ¹⁴ Saying, No, but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we will not see war, or be hearing the sound of the horn, or be in need of food; there we will make our living-place; ¹⁵ Then give ear now to the word of the Lord, O you last of Judah: the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, If your minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there; ¹⁶ Then it will come about that the sword, which is the cause of your fear, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and need of food, which you are fearing, will go after you there in Egypt; and there death will come to you.

Bible Verse Review
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Jeremiah 42:10, Jeremiah 44:16, Exodus 5:2

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 42:16 - that the sword

Cross-References

Genesis 37:30
He went back to his brothers, and said, The child is gone; what am I to do?

Genesis 42:1
Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

Genesis 42:2
And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

Genesis 42:5
And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

Genesis 42:6
Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

Genesis 42:8
Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

Genesis 42:11
We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.

Genesis 42:16
Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

Genesis 42:24
And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and took Simeon and put chains on him before their eyes.

Genesis 42:26
Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if ye say, we will not dwell in this land,.... Or continue any longer in it, but go into Egypt:,

neither obey the voice of the Lord your God; or, "so as not to hearken to" or "obey", c. u for they did not say in so many words that they would not obey the voice of the Lord; they had promised they would; but resolving, against his declared will, that they would not abide in the land, but go into Egypt, was interpretatively saying they would not obey his voice.

u לבלתי שמע "ita ut non auscultetis", Piscator, Cocceius; "ut non obediatis", Pagninus, Schmidt; "ut non audiatis", so some in Vatablus.