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Good News Translation

Jeremiah 31:24

People will live in Judah and in all its towns, and there will be farmers, and shepherds with their flocks.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Agriculture;   Agriculture-Horticulture;   Husbandmen;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Agriculture or Husbandry;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Backsliding;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Husbandman;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Death;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Husbandman;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Judah and all its cities will live in it together—also farmers and those who move with the flocks—
Hebrew Names Version
Yehudah and all the cities of it shall dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.
King James Version
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.
English Standard Version
And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and the farmers and those who wander with their flocks.
New American Standard Bible
"Judah and all its cities will live together in it, the farmers and those who travel with flocks.
New Century Version
People in all the towns of Judah will live together in peace. Farmers and those who move around with their flocks will live together in peace.
Amplified Bible
"And [the people of] Judah and all its cities will live there together—the farmer and they who wander about with flocks.
World English Bible
Judah and all the cities of it shall dwell therein together, the farmers, and those who go about with flocks.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Iudah shall dwell in it, and all the cities thereof together, the husbandmen and they that goe foorth with the flocke.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Judah and all its cities will inhabit it together, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.
Berean Standard Bible
And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,
Contemporary English Version
The people will live in Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah. Some will be farmers, and others will be shepherds.
Complete Jewish Bible
For I have satisfied the weary and filled the needs of all in distress."
Darby Translation
And therein shall dwell Judah, and all the cities thereof together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.
Easy-to-Read Version
"People in all the towns of Judah will live together in peace. Farmers and those who move around with their flocks will live peacefully together in Judah.
George Lamsa Translation
And there shall dwell in Judah itself and in all its cities together, farmers and shepherds of flocks.
Lexham English Bible
And Judah and all of its towns together will live in it, farmers and those who travel with the flocks.
Literal Translation
And Judah and all its cities shall live in it together, the tenant-farmers and those who travel with flocks.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And there shall dwell Iuda and all hir cities, the shepherdes and hu?bonde men:
American Standard Version
And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.
Bible in Basic English
And Judah and all its towns will be living there together; the farmers and those who go about with flocks.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For I have satiated the weary soul, and every pining soul have I replenished.
King James Version (1611)
And there shall dwell in Iudah it selfe, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that goe forth with flocks.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there shall dwell Iuda and all her cities, the sheepheardes and husbandmen:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and upon Carioth, and upon Bosor, and upon all the cities of Moab, far and near.
English Revised Version
And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together; the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Juda, and alle citees therof schulen dwelle in it togidere, erthetilieris, and thei that dryuen flockis.
Update Bible Version
And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together, the husbandmen, and [those who] go about with flocks.
Webster's Bible Translation
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all her cities together, husbandmen, and they [that] go forth with flocks.
New English Translation
The land of Judah will be inhabited by people who live in its towns as well as by farmers and shepherds with their flocks.
New King James Version
And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all its cities together, farmers and those going out with flocks.
New Living Translation
Townspeople and farmers and shepherds alike will live together in peace and happiness.
New Life Bible
The people of Judah and all its cities will live there together, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.
New Revised Standard
And Judah and all its towns shall live there together, and the farmers and those who wander with their flocks.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then shall there dwell throughout Judah itself and all the cities thereof, together, - Husbandmen, who shall move about with a flock;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Juda and all his cities shall dwell therein together: the husbandman and they that drive the flocks.
Revised Standard Version
And Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together, and the farmers and those who wander with their flocks.
Young's Literal Translation
And dwelt in Judah have husbandmen, and in all its cities together, And they have journeyed in order.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks.

Contextual Overview

18 "I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ‘ Lord , we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back; we are ready to return to you, the Lord our God. 19 We turned away from you, but soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us, we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.' 20 "Israel, you are my dearest child, the one I love best. Whenever I mention your name, I think of you with love. My heart goes out to you; I will be merciful. 21 Set up signs and mark the road; find again the way by which you left. Come back, people of Israel, come home to the towns you left. 22 How long will you hesitate, faithless people? I have created something new and different, as different as a woman protecting a man." 23 The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says, "When I restore the people to their land, they will once again say in the land of Judah and in its towns, ‘May the Lord bless the sacred hill of Jerusalem, the holy place where he lives.' 24 People will live in Judah and in all its towns, and there will be farmers, and shepherds with their flocks. 25 I will refresh those who are weary and will satisfy with food everyone who is weak from hunger. 26 So then, people will say, ‘I went to sleep and woke up refreshed.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 33:11-13, Ezekiel 36:10, Zechariah 2:4, Zechariah 8:4-8

Reciprocal: Exodus 16:12 - ye shall know Psalms 107:7 - that they Jeremiah 32:15 - Houses Jeremiah 33:12 - in all Ezekiel 37:25 - they shall dwell in Zechariah 1:17 - My cities Malachi 3:4 - the offering

Cross-References

Genesis 24:50
Laban and Bethuel answered, "Since this matter comes from the Lord , it is not for us to make a decision.
Genesis 28:5
Isaac sent Jacob away to Mesopotamia, to Laban, who was the son of Bethuel the Aramean and the brother of Rebecca, the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Genesis 31:10
"During the breeding season I had a dream, and I saw that the male goats that were mating were striped, spotted, and speckled.
Genesis 31:14
Rachel and Leah answered Jacob, "There is nothing left for us to inherit from our father.
Genesis 31:15
He treats us like foreigners. He sold us, and now he has spent all the money he was paid for us.
Genesis 31:17
So Jacob got ready to go back to his father in the land of Canaan. He put his children and his wives on the camels, and drove all his flocks ahead of him, with everything that he had gotten in Mesopotamia.
Genesis 31:29
I have the power to do you harm, but last night the God of your father warned me not to threaten you in any way.
Genesis 31:42
If the God of my fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac, had not been with me, you would have already sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my trouble and the work I have done, and last night he gave his judgment."
Genesis 40:5
One night there in prison the wine steward and the chief baker each had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
Genesis 41:1
After two years had passed, the king of Egypt dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together,.... In peace and unity, in great concord and harmony:

husbandmen, and those [that] go forth with flocks; husbandmen and shepherds; meaning such not merely in a temporal sense, but in a spiritual one; ministers of the Gospel, labourers with God, and under him, in the husbandry of his church; pastors after his own heart, to feed his people, his flocks, his sheep and lambs, with knowledge and understanding; who shall agree in their ministry, teaching the same doctrines, and administering the same ordinances, according to the rule of the word.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Go forth - “Go about.” Judah shall have its settled population and fixed abodes; and shepherds shall move about with their flocks, wherever pasture is to be found.


 
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