Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, April 11th, 2026
Saturday in Easter Week
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Read the Bible

Good News Translation

Jeremiah 1:9

Then the Lord reached out, touched my lips, and said to me, "Listen, I am giving you the words you must speak.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Excuses;   Government;   Jeremiah;   Minister, Christian;   Prophets;   Scofield Reference Index - Inspiration;   Thompson Chain Reference - Prophets;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Missionary Work by Ministers;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, prophet;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - God;   Touch;   Word;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Inspiration of Scripture;   Jeremiah;   Mission(s);   Word;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Holy Spirit;   Isaiah, Book of;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Inspiration;   Prophet;   Transfiguration (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Revelation;   Self-Surrender;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then the Lord reached out his hand, touched my mouth, and told me:
Hebrew Names Version
Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth:
King James Version
Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
English Standard Version
Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, "Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
New Century Version
Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth. He said to me, "See, I am putting my words in your mouth.
Amplified Bible
Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "Behold (hear Me), I have put My words in your mouth.
World English Bible
Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Lord stretched out his hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said vnto me, Beholde, I haue put my wordes in thy mouth.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh sent forth His hand and touched my mouth, and Yahweh said to me,"Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: "Behold, I have put My words into your mouth.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord reached out his hand, then he touched my mouth and said, "I am giving you the words to say,
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Adonai put out his hand and touched my mouth, and Adonai said to me, "There! I have put my words in your mouth.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah put forth his hand and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the LORD put forth his hand and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh stretched out his hand and he touched my mouth, and Yahweh said to me, "Look, I have put my words in your mouth.
Literal Translation
Then Jehovah put out His hand and touched my mouth. And Jehovah said to me, Behold, I have put My Words in your mouth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And with that, the LORDE stretched out his honde, and touched my mouth, and sayde morouer vnto me: Beholde I put my wordes in thy mouth,
American Standard Version
Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:
Bible in Basic English
Then the Lord put out his hand, touching my mouth; and the Lord said to me, See, I have put my words in your mouth:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the LORD put forth His hand, and touched my mouth; and the LORD said unto me: Behold, I have put My words in thy mouth;
King James Version (1611)
Then the Lord put foorth his hand, and touched my mouth, and the Lord said vnto me, Behold, I haue put my words in thy mouth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord stretched forth his hand to me, and touched my mouth: and the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put my words into thy mouth.
English Revised Version
Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord sente his hond, and touchide my mouth; and the Lord seide to me, Lo! Y haue youe my wordis in thi mouth; lo!
Update Bible Version
Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Yahweh said to me, Look, I have put my words in your mouth:
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
New English Translation
Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me.
New King James Version
Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me: "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
New Living Translation
Then the Lord reached out and touched my mouth and said, "Look, I have put my words in your mouth!
New Life Bible
Then the Lord put out His hand and touched my mouth, and said to me, "See, I have put My words in your mouth.
New Revised Standard
Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, "Now I have put my words in your mouth.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth, - and Yahweh said unto me, Lo! I have put my words in thy mouth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth: and the Lord said to me: Behold I have given my words in thy mouth:
Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD put forth his hand and touched my mouth; and the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah putteth forth His hand, and striketh against my mouth, and Jehovah saith unto me, `Lo, I have put my words in thy mouth.
THE MESSAGE
God reached out, touched my mouth, and said, "Look! I've just put my words in your mouth—hand-delivered! See what I've done? I've given you a job to do among nations and governments—a red-letter day! Your job is to pull up and tear down, take apart and demolish, And then start over, building and planting."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.

Contextual Overview

4 The Lord said to me, 5 "I chose you before I gave you life, and before you were born I selected you to be a prophet to the nations." 6 I answered, "Sovereign Lord , I don't know how to speak; I am too young." 7 But the Lord said to me, "Do not say that you are too young, but go to the people I send you to, and tell them everything I command you to say. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I will be with you to protect you. I, the Lord , have spoken!" 9 Then the Lord reached out, touched my lips, and said to me, "Listen, I am giving you the words you must speak. 10 Today I give you authority over nations and kingdoms to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and touched: Exodus 4:11, Exodus 4:12, Isaiah 6:6, Isaiah 6:7, Isaiah 49:2, Isaiah 50:4, Luke 21:15

Behold: Jeremiah 5:14, Exodus 4:15, Exodus 4:16, Isaiah 51:16, Ezekiel 3:10, Matthew 10:19, Luke 12:12

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:5 - General Deuteronomy 31:19 - put it in their 2 Samuel 14:3 - put the words Ezra 8:17 - I told them Ezekiel 2:9 - an hand Daniel 10:10 - an hand Daniel 10:16 - touched Luke 1:64 - his mouth John 9:39 - For Acts 15:7 - by my Revelation 10:11 - Thou

Cross-References

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning, when God created the universe,
Genesis 1:2
the earth was formless and desolate. The raging ocean that covered everything was engulfed in total darkness, and the Spirit of God was moving over the water.
Genesis 1:5
and he named the light "Day" and the darkness "Night." Evening passed and morning came—that was the first day.
Genesis 1:6
Then God commanded, "Let there be a dome to divide the water and to keep it in two separate places"—and it was done. So God made a dome, and it separated the water under it from the water above it.
Genesis 1:8
He named the dome "Sky." Evening passed and morning came—that was the second day.
Genesis 1:9
Then God commanded, "Let the water below the sky come together in one place, so that the land will appear"—and it was done.
Genesis 1:11
Then he commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit"—and it was done.
Genesis 1:28
blessed them, and said, "Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. I am putting you in charge of the fish, the birds, and all the wild animals.
Genesis 1:29
I have provided all kinds of grain and all kinds of fruit for you to eat;
Job 26:7
God stretched out the northern sky and hung the earth in empty space.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the Lord put forth his hand,.... Who, according to Kimchi, was the Angel that appeared to the prophet, and spoke in the name of the Lord to him, and is called by his name; but rather it was the Son of God, the true Jehovah, who appeared in a human form he assumed for the present, and put forth his hand:

and touched my mouth; just as one of the seraphim touched the mouth and lips of the Prophet Isaiah with a live coal from the altar, Isaiah 6:6, by this symbol the prophet was inducted into his office; and it was suggested to him that his mouth was now sanctified to the Lord's use and service; and that what he should speak should not be his own words, but the words of the Lord; and so the Targum paraphrases it,

"and the Lord sent the words of his prophecy, and ordered them in my mouth;''

to which agrees what follows:

and the Lord said unto me, behold, I have put my words in thy mouth; which was signified by the preceding symbol; wherefore he might with great freedom and boldness deliver them out to others.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Touched - “Made it touch.” This was the symbol of the bestowal of divine grace and help, by which that want of eloquence, which the prophet had pleaded as a disqualification, was removed.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile