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Bishop's Bible

Jeremiah 1:4

The worde of the Lorde spake thus vnto me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Excuses;   Jeremiah;   Predestination;   Prophecy;   Prophets;   Scofield Reference Index - Inspiration;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   Divine;   God;   Invitations, Divine;   Invitations-Warnings;   Leadership;   Ministers;   The Topic Concordance - Calling;   Choosing/chosen;   Man;   Sanctification;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Palmer-Worm;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Election;   Jeremiah;   Mission(s);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Call, Called, Calling;   Prophet;   Transfiguration (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Holy Spirit;   Self-Surrender;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version
Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Amplified Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
World English Bible
Now the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
Berean Standard Bible
The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said:
Complete Jewish Bible
Here is the word of Adonai that came to me:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord 's message came to me:
George Lamsa Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord said to me,
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
Then the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The worde of the LORDE spake thus vnto me:
American Standard Version
Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Then the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
English Revised Version
Now the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,
Update Bible Version
Now 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
The Lord said to me,
New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
New Living Translation
The Lord gave me this message:
New Life Bible
Now the Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then, the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Contextual Overview

4 The worde of the Lorde spake thus vnto me. 5 Before I fashioned thee in thy mothers wombe, I dyd knowe thee: and or euer thou wast borne, I sanctified thee, and ordeyned thee to be a prophete vnto the people. 6 Then sayde I: O Lorde God, I can not speake, for I am yet but young. 7 And the Lorde aunswered me thus: Say not so, I am to young: for thou shalt go to all that I shall sende thee vnto, and whatsoeuer I commaunde thee, that shalt thou speake. 8 Be not afrayde of their faces: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, saith the Lorde. 9 And with that the Lorde stretched out his hande and touched my mouth: and the same Lorde sayde vnto me, Beholde, I put my wordes in thy mouth. 10 And beholde, this day do I set thee ouer the people and kyngdomes, that thou mayest roote out, breake of, destroy, and make waste, and that thou mayest builde vp and plant.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the word: Jeremiah 1:2, Ezekiel 1:3, Ezekiel 3:16

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 16:1 - The word Jeremiah 17:16 - I have Hosea 1:1 - word

Cross-References

Genesis 1:10
And God called the drie lande ye earth, and the gatheryng together of waters called he the seas: and God sawe that it was good.
Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth [both] bud and hearbe apt to seede after his kynde, and tree yeeldyng fruite, whiche hath seede in it selfe, after his kynde.
Genesis 1:18
And to rule the day and nyght, and to make difference betweene the lyght and the darknesse: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:25
God made the beast of the earth after his kynde, and cattell after his kynde, and euery thyng that creepeth vpon the earth after his kynde: and God sawe that it was good.
Genesis 1:31
And God sawe euery thyng that he had made: and beholde, it was exceedyng good. And the euenyng & the mornyng were the sixth day.
Ecclesiastes 2:13
And I sawe that wisdome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.
Ecclesiastes 11:7
The light is sweete, and a pleasaunt thing is it for the eyes to looke vpon the sunne.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Not in the days of Jehoiakim, but in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah, Jeremiah 1:2. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions read, "unto him".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This history of Jeremiah’s call to his office formed a part of his first address to the people. He claimed to act by an external authority, and to speak not his own words but those of Yahweh; and this even when resisting the divine call (see Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 20:7, Jeremiah 20:14-18).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 1:4. The word of the Lord came unto me — Then I first felt the inspiring influence of the Divine Spirit, not only revealing to me the subjects which he would have me to declare to the people, but also the words which I should use in these declarations.


 
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