Jeremiah 28:9

The NET Bible®

So if a prophet prophesied peace and prosperity, it was only known that the Lord truly sent him when what he prophesied came true."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As for the prophet who prophesies peace—only when the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the Lord has truly sent.”

Hebrew Names Version
The prophet who prophesies of shalom, when the word of the prophet shall happen, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD has truly sent him.

King James Version
The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the Lord hath truly sent him.

English Standard Version
As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes to pass, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet."

New American Standard Bible
"As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent."

New Century Version
But if a prophet prophesies that we will have peace and that message comes true, he can be recognized as one truly sent by the Lord ."

Amplified Bible
"But as for the prophet who [on the contrary] prophesies of peace, when that prophet's word comes to pass, [only] then will it be known that the LORD has truly sent him."

World English Bible
The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet shall happen, then shall the prophet be known, that Yahweh has truly sent him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Prophet which prophecieth of peace, when the word of the Prophet shall come to passe, then shall the Prophet be knowen that the Lorde hath truely sent him.

Legacy Standard Bible
The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet will be known as one whom Yahweh has truly sent."

Berean Standard Bible
As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent."

Contemporary English Version
Now you are saying we will have peace. We will just have to wait and see if that is really what the Lord has said.

Complete Jewish Bible
As for a prophet who prophesies peace — when the word of that prophet is fulfilled, it will be evident concerning that prophet that Adonai indeed did send him."

Darby Translation
The prophet that prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, shall be known as the prophet whom Jehovah hath really sent.

Easy-to-Read Version
So the prophet who says that we will have peace must be tested. People can know that he really was sent by the Lord only if his message comes true."

George Lamsa Translation
If a prophet prophesies of peace, then when the word of that prophet shall come to pass, he shall be known as the one whom the LORD has truly sent.

Good News Translation
But a prophet who predicts peace can only be recognized as a prophet whom the Lord has truly sent when that prophet's predictions come true."

Lexham English Bible
The prophet who prophesies peace, at the coming of the word of the prophet, will become known as the prophet that Yahweh has truly sent."

Literal Translation
As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, the prophet shall be known as one whom Jehovah has truly sent him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
ether of peace, vpon many nacions & greate kingdomes, were proued by this (yf God had sende them in very dede) when the thinge came to passe, which that prophet tolde before.

American Standard Version
The prophet that prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that Jehovah hath truly sent him.

Bible in Basic English
The prophet whose words are of peace, when his words come true, will be seen to be a prophet whom the Lord has sent.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The prophet that prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.'

King James Version (1611)
The prophet which prophecieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to passe, then shall the prophet be knowen, that the Lord hath truely sent him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Either of peace vpon many nations and great kyngdomes, were proued by this (yf God hath sent them in very deede) when the thyng came to passe which the prophete tolde before.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
We tried to heal Babylon, but she was not healed: let us forsake her, and depart every one to his own country: for her judgment has reached to the heaven, it has mounted up to the stars.

English Revised Version
The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The profete that profesiede pees, whanne his word cometh, shal be knowun the profete whom the Lord sente in treuthe.

Update Bible Version
The prophet that prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that Yahweh has truly sent him.

Webster's Bible Translation
The prophet who prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, [then] shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.

New King James Version
As for the prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, the prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent."

New Living Translation
So a prophet who predicts peace must show he is right. Only when his predictions come true can we know that he is really from the Lord ."

New Life Bible
As for the man who told that peace would come, when his word comes to pass, then that man will be known as the one that the Lord has sent."

New Revised Standard
As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes true, then it will be known that the Lord has truly sent the prophet."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the prophet who prophesied of peace when the word of the prophet was fulfilled, then was known the prophet, whom Yahweh had sent in truth.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The prophet that prophesied peace: when his word shall come to pass, the prophet shall be known, whom the hath sent in truth.

Revised Standard Version
As for the prophet who prophesies peace, when the word of that prophet comes to pass, then it will be known that the LORD has truly sent the prophet."

Young's Literal Translation
The prophet who doth prophesy of peace -- by the coming in of the word of the prophet, known is the prophet that Jehovah hath truly sent him.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent."

Contextual Overview

¹ The following events occurred in that same year, early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. To be more precise, it was the fifth month of the fourth year of his reign. The prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, spoke to Jeremiah in the Lord 's temple in the presence of the priests and all the people. ² "The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, ‘I will break the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon. ³ Before two years are over, I will bring back to this place everything that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took from it and carried away to Babylon. ⁴ I will also bring back to this place Jehoiakim's son King Jeconiah of Judah and all the exiles who were taken to Babylon.' Indeed, the Lord affirms, ‘I will break the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon.'" ⁵ Then the prophet Jeremiah responded to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the Lord 's temple. ⁶ The prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the Lord do all this! May the Lord make your prophecy come true! May he bring back to this place from Babylon all the valuable articles taken from the Lord 's temple and the people who were carried into exile. ⁷ But listen to what I say to you and to all these people. ⁸ From earliest times, the prophets who preceded you and me invariably prophesied war, disaster, and plagues against many countries and great kingdoms. ⁹ So if a prophet prophesied peace and prosperity, it was only known that the Lord truly sent him when what he prophesied came true."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

which: Jeremiah 4:10, Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 8:11, Jeremiah 14:13, Ezekiel 13:10, Ezekiel 13:16

then: Deuteronomy 18:22, Ezekiel 13:10-16

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 13:2 - General 1 Kings 22:28 - If thou return Isaiah 44:25 - frustrateth Ezekiel 33:33 - when Zechariah 2:9 - and ye Malachi 2:4 - ye

Cross-References

Genesis 26:34
When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Genesis 28:13
and the Lord stood at its top. He said, "I am the Lord , the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on.

Genesis 28:17
He was afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!"

Genesis 36:13
These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath.

Genesis 36:18
These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The prophet which prophesieth of peace,.... Of prosperity, of good things, as Hananiah did, and which are always acceptable to men; and such a prophet is agreeable to them:

when the word of the Lord shall come to pass; when the prophecy of good things, which he delivers in the name of the Lord, shall be filled:

[then] shall the prophet be known that the Lord hath truly sent him; and not till then; it is the event that must make it manifest: in the other case it may be in a good measure known before it comes to pass, and, whether it comes to pass or not, that a prophet is a true prophet; because his prophecies are agreeable to the word and the declared will of God; contain evils threatened on account of sin, and in order to bring men to repentance, which must needs be right; and besides, they have no interest of their own to serve, but run contrary to the stream of the people, and are exposed to their rage and censure: whereas, a man that prophesies of peace, he is more to be suspected of flattering the people, and of prophesying out of his own heart; and nothing but the event can show him a true prophet; which if he delivers with a proviso, that the people do not do that which is evil in the sight of God, to provoke him to deny them the promised good, is always certainly fulfilled; and if it is not, then he appears manifestly a false prophet.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah’s own wishes concurred with Hananiah’s prediction, but asserts that that prediction was at variance with the language of the older prophets.

Jeremiah 28:9

Then shall the prophet ... - Or, “shall be known as the prophet whom the Lord hath truly sent.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 28:9. When the word of the prophet shall come to pass — Here is the criterion. He is a true prophet who specifies things that he says shall happen, and also fixes the time of the event; and the things do happen, and in that time.

You say that Nebuchadnezzar shall not overthrow this city; and that in two years from this time, not only the sacred vessels already taken away shall be restored, but also that Jeconiah and all the Jewish captives shall be restored, and the Babylonish yoke broken, see Jeremiah 28:2-4. Now I say that Nebuchadnezzar will come this year, and destroy this city, and lead away the rest of the people into captivity, and the rest of the sacred vessels; and that there will be no restoration of any kind till seventy years from this time.