Jeremiah 18:9

Easy-to-Read Version

There may come another time when I speak about a nation that I will build up or plant.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At another time I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it.

Hebrew Names Version
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

King James Version
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

English Standard Version
And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,

New American Standard Bible
"Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;

New Century Version
There may come another time when I will speak about a nation that I will build up and plant.

Amplified Bible
"Or at another time I might [suddenly] speak about a nation or kingdom that I will build up or establish;

World English Bible
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And I wil speake suddenly concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome to builde it and to plant it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;

Berean Standard Bible
And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,

Contemporary English Version
If I promise to make a nation strong,

Complete Jewish Bible
Similarly, at another time, I may speak about building and planting a nation or kingdom;

Darby Translation
And at the moment that I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant,

George Lamsa Translation
And if at another instant I should speak concerning a people and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Good News Translation
On the other hand, if I say that I am going to plant or build up any nation or kingdom,

Lexham English Bible
And the next moment I speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant it.

Literal Translation
And the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it ;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Agayne: Whe I take in honde, to buylde, or to plante a people or a kingdome:

American Standard Version
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Bible in Basic English
And whenever I say anything about building up a nation or a kingdom, and planting it;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And at one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

King James Version (1611)
And at what instant I shall speake concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdome to build and to plant it;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Agayne, when I take in hande to builde or to plant a people or a kyngdome:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation and kingdom, to rebuild and to plant it;

English Revised Version
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal speke sudenli of a folk, and of a rewme, that Y bilde, and plaunte it.

Update Bible Version
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Webster's Bible Translation
And [at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant [it];

New English Translation
And there are times when I promise to build up and establish a nation or kingdom.

New King James Version
And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,

New Living Translation
And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom,

New Life Bible
If at another time I speak about a nation, that I will build and plant it,

New Revised Standard
And at another moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the moment I speak, concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom, - to build and to plant;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will suddenly speak of a nation and of a kingdom, to build up and plant it.

Revised Standard Version
And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,

Young's Literal Translation
And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;

Contextual Overview

¹ This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the Lord : ² "Jeremiah, go down to the potter's house. I will give you my message there." ³ So I went down to the potter's house and saw him working with clay at the wheel. ⁴ He was making a pot from clay. But there was something wrong with the pot. So the potter used that clay to make another pot. With his hands he shaped the pot the way he wanted it to be. ⁵ Then this message from the Lord came to me: ⁶ "Family of Israel, you know that I can do the same thing with you. You are like the clay in the potter's hands, and I am the potter." This message is from the Lord . ⁷ "There may come a time when I will speak about a nation or a kingdom that I will pull up by its roots or tear down and destroy it. ⁸ But if the people of that nation change their hearts and lives and stop doing evil things, I will change my mind and not bring on them the disaster I planned. ⁹ There may come another time when I speak about a nation that I will build up or plant. ¹⁰ But if I see that nation doing evil things and not obeying me, I will think again about the good I had planned to do for them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to build: Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 11:17, Jeremiah 30:18, Jeremiah 31:4, Jeremiah 31:28, Jeremiah 31:38, Jeremiah 32:41, Ecclesiastes 3:2, Amos 9:11-15

Reciprocal: Numbers 14:34 - ye shall 1 Samuel 2:30 - Be it far 2 Samuel 7:10 - plant them Psalms 80:8 - thou hast cast

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?"

Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought the girl into his mother's tent. Rebekah became his wife that day. Isaac loved her very much. So he was comforted after his mother's death.

Genesis 31:33
So Laban went and looked through Jacob's camp. He looked in Jacob's tent and then in Leah's tent. Then he looked in the tent where the two slave women stayed, but he did not find the gods from his house. Then he went into Rachel's tent.

Titus 2:5
They will teach them to be wise and pure, to take care of their homes, to be kind, and to be willing to serve their husbands. Then no one will be able to criticize the teaching God gave us.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And [at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom,.... By way of promise on the other hand: or, "and the moment I shall speak", c. as in Jeremiah 18:7 in favour to a people; signifying, that if they do that which is right and good, and continue therein, it may be expected that I will appear for and among such a nation and kingdom:

to build and to plant [it]; to build up its fences that have been broken down, and to plant it with pleasant plants, and make it prosperous and flourishing, and protect and defend it, and keep it safe, and in a secure condition; so that it shall be in very thriving circumstances, and be out of the power of its enemies to hurt it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 18:9. Jeremiah 18:7.