Jeremiah 1:4

Easy-to-Read Version

The Lord 's message came to me:

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,

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,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The worde of the Lorde spake thus vnto me.

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 Lord 's message came to me: ⁵ "Before I made you in your mother's womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I chose you for a special work. I chose you to be a prophet to the nations." ⁶ Then I said, "But, Lord God , I don't know how to speak. I am only a boy." ⁷ But the Lord said to me, "Don't say, ‘I am only a boy.' You must go everywhere I send you and say everything I tell you to say. ⁸ Don't be afraid of anyone. I am with you, and I will protect you." This message is from the Lord . ⁹ Then the Lord reached out with his hand and touched my mouth. He said to me, "Jeremiah, I am putting my words in your mouth. ¹⁰ Today I have put you in charge of nations and kingdoms. You will pull up and tear down. You will destroy and overthrow. You will build up 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
God named the dry land "earth," and he named the water that was gathered together "seas." And God saw that this was good.

Genesis 1:12
The earth grew grass and plants that made grain. And it grew trees that made fruit with seeds in it. Every plant made its own kind of seeds. And God saw that this was good.

Genesis 1:18
He put them in the sky to rule over the day and over the night. They separated the light from the darkness. And God saw that this was good.

Genesis 1:25
So God made every kind of animal. He made the wild animals, the tame animals, and all the small crawling things. And God saw that this was good.

Genesis 1:31
God looked at everything he had made. And he saw that everything was very good. There was evening, and then there was morning. This was the sixth day.

Ecclesiastes 2:13
I saw that wisdom is better than foolishness in the same way that light is better than darkness.

Ecclesiastes 11:7
It is good to be alive. It is nice to see the light from the sun.

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.