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The Darby Translation

Jeremiah 33:3

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will shew thee great and hidden things, which thou knowest not.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prayer;   Thompson Chain Reference - Answer Promised;   Prayer;   Promises, Divine;   The Topic Concordance - Calling;   Hiding;   Israel/jews;   Knowledge;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer, Answers to;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;  

Devotionals:

- Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for June 29;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and incomprehensible things you do not know.
Hebrew Names Version
Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.
King James Version
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
English Standard Version
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
New American Standard Bible
'Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
New Century Version
‘Judah, pray to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you important secrets you have never heard before.'
Amplified Bible
'Call to Me and I will answer you, and tell you [and even show you] great and mighty things, [things which have been confined and hidden], which you do not know and understand and cannot distinguish.'
World English Bible
Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Call vnto me, and I will answere thee, and shewe thee great and mightie things, which thou knowest not.
Legacy Standard Bible
‘Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
Berean Standard Bible
Call to Me and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Contemporary English Version
Ask me, and I will tell you things that you don't know and can't find out.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Call out to me, and I will answer you — I will tell you great things, hidden things of which you are unaware.'"
Easy-to-Read Version
‘Judah, pray to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you important secrets. You have never heard these things before.'
George Lamsa Translation
Call to me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things which you know not.
Good News Translation
"Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell you wonderful and marvelous things that you know nothing about.
Lexham English Bible
‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and I will tell you great things and inaccessible things that you have not known.'
Literal Translation
Call to Me, and I will answer you; and I will tell you great and inscrutable things; you do not know them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou hast cried vnto me, and I haue herde the: I haue shewed greate and hie thinges, which were vnknowne vnto you.
American Standard Version
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will show thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.
Bible in Basic English
Let your cry come to me, and I will give you an answer, and let you see great things and secret things of which you had no knowledge.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and will tell thee great things, and hidden, which thou knowest not.
King James Version (1611)
Call vnto me, and I will answere thee, and shew thee great and mightie things, which thou knowest not.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Crye vnto me, and I wyll aunswere, and shewe thee great and hye thinges whiche were vnknowen vnto thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Peradventure they will hear, and turn every one from his evil way: then I will cease from the evils which I purpose to do to them, because of their evil practices.
English Revised Version
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and will shew thee great things, and difficult, which thou knowest not.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Crye thou to me, and Y schal here thee, and Y schal telle to thee grete thingis, and stidfast, whiche thou knowist not.
Update Bible Version
Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don't know.
Webster's Bible Translation
Call to me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
New English Translation
‘Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.'
New King James Version
"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
New Living Translation
Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.
New Life Bible
‘Call to Me, and I will answer you. And I will show you great and wonderful things which you do not know.'
New Revised Standard
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Call unto me that I may answer thee, - and tell thee things great and inaccessible, which thou hast not known.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Cry to me and I will hear thee: and I will shew thee great things, and sure things which thou knowest not.
Revised Standard Version
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things which you have not known.
Young's Literal Translation
Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things -- thou hast not known them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'

Contextual Overview

1 And the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, saying, 2 Thus saith Jehovah the doer of it, Jehovah that formeth it to establish it, Jehovah is his name: 3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will shew thee great and hidden things, which thou knowest not. 4 For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down because of the mounds and because of the sword: 5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but to fill them with the dead bodies of the men whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. 6 Behold, I will apply a healing dressing to it and cure, and I will heal them, and will reveal unto them an abundance of peace and truth. 7 And I will turn the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel, and will build them, as at the beginning. 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me, and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me. 9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear of all the good that I do unto them; and they shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Call: Jeremiah 29:12, Deuteronomy 4:7, Deuteronomy 4:29, 1 Kings 8:47-50, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 91:15, Psalms 145:18, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Isaiah 65:24, Joel 2:32, Luke 11:9, Luke 11:10, Acts 2:21, Romans 10:12, Romans 10:13, 1 Corinthians 1:2

show: Micah 7:15, Ephesians 3:20

mighty: Heb. hidden, Psalms 25:14, Isaiah 45:3, Isaiah 48:6, Amos 3:7, Matthew 13:35, 1 Corinthians 2:7-11, Revelation 2:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:9 - for I Judges 3:15 - cried unto 1 Samuel 23:9 - Bring 1 Samuel 23:11 - And the Lord 2 Kings 13:4 - the Lord 2 Kings 19:4 - lift up 2 Kings 19:20 - I have heard 1 Chronicles 4:10 - called 1 Chronicles 21:26 - and called Ezra 8:23 - besought Job 12:4 - calleth Job 33:26 - pray Psalms 56:9 - When Psalms 86:5 - unto all Psalms 107:19 - General Psalms 108:6 - and answer me Isaiah 22:11 - ye have Isaiah 30:19 - he will Isaiah 45:11 - Ask Lamentations 2:7 - given up Daniel 2:18 - they would Daniel 9:3 - I set Joel 2:21 - for Zechariah 10:6 - for I am Matthew 7:7 - and it Philippians 4:6 - in James 5:16 - The effectual 1 John 3:22 - whatsoever 1 John 5:14 - if

Cross-References

Genesis 18:2
And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, three men standing near him. And when he saw [them], he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himself to the earth,
Genesis 33:11
Take, I pray thee, my blessing which has been brought to thee; because God has been gracious to me, and because I have everything. And he urged him, and he took [it].
Genesis 33:12
And he said, Let us take our journey, and go on, and I will go before thee.
Genesis 42:6
And Joseph, he was the governor over the land—he it was that sold [the corn] to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.
Genesis 43:26
When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift that was in their hand, into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
1 Samuel 2:5
They that were full have hired themselves out for bread; and the hungry are [so] no more: Even the barren beareth seven, and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
Proverbs 6:3
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for quietness pacifieth great offences.
Luke 14:11
for every one that exalts himself shall be abased, and he that abases himself shall be exalted.
John 10:4
When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Call unto me, and I will answer thee,.... This is spoken not to Jerusalem, and the inhabitants of it; but to the prophet, encouraging him to seek the Lord by prayer, promising an answer to him. So the Targum,

"pray before me, and I will receive thy prayer:''

and show thee great and mighty things; or, "fortified ones" p; which are like fortified cities, that cannot easily be come at, unless the gates are opened to enter into; and designs such as are difficult of understanding, which exceed human belief, and which reason cannot comprehend and take in; and such are the great things of the Gospel. Some copies read it, "things reserved" q; as the Targum; and so Jarchi, who interprets it of things future, of things reserved in the heart of God, and which he purposed to do; and very rightly:

which thou knowest not; until revealed; and from hence it appears, that by these great and hidden things are not meant the destruction of Jerusalem, and the seventy years' captivity, and return from that, things which Jeremiah had been made acquainted with time after time, and had prophesied of them; but spiritual blessings hereafter mentioned, some of which the deliverance from Babylon were typical of Ben Melech interprets these of comforts great and strong.

p בצרות "munita", Vatablus, Paganinus, Montanus; "fortia", Tigurine version. q נצרות "abstrusa", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "recondita", so some in Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mighty things - Or, as in the margin. The words are probably a quotation from Isaiah 48:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 33:3. Call unto me, and I will answer thee — To me alone it belongs to reveal what is future; and the stupendous things which are now coming are known only to myself. These idolaters go to their gods to get information relative to the issue of the present commotions; but there is no light in them. Ask thou, O Jeremiah, and I will tell thee the great and mighty things which even thou knowest not.


 
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