Jeremiah 42:13

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.

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,

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,

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,

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 At the end of ten days, the message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. ⁸ Then Jeremiah called together Johanan son of Kareah and the army officers who were with him. He also called all the other people together, from the least important to the most important. ⁹ Then Jeremiah said to them, "You sent me to the Lord , the God of Israel, and I asked him what you wanted me to ask. This is what he says: ¹⁰ ‘If you will stay in Judah, I will make you strong—I will not destroy you. I will plant you, and I will not pull you up. I will do this because I am sad about the terrible things that I made happen to you. ¹¹ Now you are afraid of the king of Babylon. But don't be afraid of him. Don't be afraid of the king of Babylon,' says the Lord , ‘because I am with you. I will save you. I will rescue you. He will not get his hands on you. ¹² I will be kind to you, and the king of Babylon will also treat you with mercy. He will bring you back to your land.' ¹³ But you might say, ‘We will not stay in Judah.' If you say that, you will disobey the Lord your God. ¹⁴ And you might say, ‘No, we will go and live in Egypt. We will not be bothered with war there. We will not hear the trumpets of war, and in Egypt we will not be hungry.' ¹⁵ If you say that, listen to this message from the Lord , you survivors from Judah. This is what the Lord All-Powerful, the God of the people of Israel, says: ‘If you decide to go and live in Egypt, this will happen: ¹⁶ You are afraid of the sword of war, but it will defeat you there. And you are worried about hunger, but you will be hungry in Egypt. You will die there.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 42:10, Jeremiah 44:16, Exodus 5:2

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 42:16 - that the sword

Cross-References

Genesis 37:30
Reuben went to the brothers and said, "The boy is not in the well! What will I do?"

Genesis 42:1
During the famine in Canaan, Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt. So he said to his sons, "Why are you sitting here doing nothing?

Genesis 42:2
I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go there and buy grain for us so that we will live and not die!"

Genesis 42:5
The famine was very bad in Canaan, so there were many people from Canaan who went to Egypt to buy grain. Among them were the sons of Israel.

Genesis 42:6
Joseph was the governor of Egypt at the time. He was the one who checked the sale of grain to people who came to Egypt to buy it. Joseph's brothers came to him and bowed before him.

Genesis 42:8
Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not know who he was.

Genesis 42:11
We are all brothers—we all have the same father. We are honest men. We have come only to buy food."

Genesis 42:16
One of you must go back to get your youngest brother while the rest of you stay here in prison. Then we can prove whether you are telling the truth or not. If you are not telling the truth, then by Pharaoh, I swear that you are spies!"

Genesis 42:26
So the brothers put the grain on their donkeys and left.

Genesis 42:27
That night the brothers stopped at a place to spend the night. One of the brothers opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. And there in the sack, he saw his money!

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.