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Jeremiah 1:4

Now the Word of the Lord came to me saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Excuses;   Jeremiah;   Predestination;   Prophecy;   Prophets;   Scofield Reference Index - Inspiration;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   Divine;   God;   Invitations, Divine;   Invitations-Warnings;   Leadership;   Ministers;   The Topic Concordance - Calling;   Choosing/chosen;   Man;   Sanctification;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Palmer-Worm;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Election;   Jeremiah;   Mission(s);   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Call, Called, Calling;   Prophet;   Transfiguration (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jeremiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Holy Spirit;   Self-Surrender;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version
Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
New American Standard Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
Amplified Bible
Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
World English Bible
Now the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the word of Yahweh came to me saying,
Berean Standard Bible
The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
Contemporary English Version
The Lord said:
Complete Jewish Bible
Here is the word of Adonai that came to me:
Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord 's message came to me:
George Lamsa Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord said to me,
Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
Then the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The worde of the LORDE spake thus vnto me:
American Standard Version
Now the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Then the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The worde of the Lorde spake thus vnto me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
English Revised Version
Now the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,
Update Bible Version
Now the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New English Translation
The Lord said to me,
New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
New Living Translation
The Lord gave me this message:
New Revised Standard
Now the word of the Lord came to me saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So then, the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the word of the LORD came to me saying,

Contextual Overview

4 Now the Word of the Lord came to me saying, 5 "Before I started to put you together in your mother, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart as holy. I chose you to speak to the nations for Me." 6 Then I said, "O, Lord God! I do not know how to speak. I am only a boy." 7 But the Lord said to me, "Do not say, ‘I am only a boy.' You must go everywhere I send you. And you must say whatever I tell you. 8 Do not be afraid of them. For I am with you to take you out of trouble," says the Lord. 9 Then the Lord put out His hand and touched my mouth, and said to me, "See, I have put My words in your mouth. 10 I have chosen you this day to be over the nations and the kings, to dig up and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the word: Jeremiah 1:2, Ezekiel 1:3, Ezekiel 3:16

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 16:1 - The word Jeremiah 17:16 - I have Hosea 1:1 - word

Cross-References

Genesis 1:10
Then God called the dry land Earth. He called the gathering of the waters Seas. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:12
Plants grew out of the earth, giving their own kind of seeds. Trees grew with their fruit, and their kind of seeds. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:18
to rule the day and the night. He divided the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:25
Then God made the wild animals of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that moves upon the ground after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:31
God saw all that He had made and it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Ecclesiastes 2:13
And I saw that wisdom is better than what is foolish, as light is better than darkness.
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Light is pleasing. It is good for the eyes to see the sun.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Not in the days of Jehoiakim, but in the thirteenth year of the reign of Josiah, Jeremiah 1:2. The Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions read, "unto him".

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This history of Jeremiah’s call to his office formed a part of his first address to the people. He claimed to act by an external authority, and to speak not his own words but those of Yahweh; and this even when resisting the divine call (see Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 20:7, Jeremiah 20:14-18).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 1:4. The word of the Lord came unto me — Then I first felt the inspiring influence of the Divine Spirit, not only revealing to me the subjects which he would have me to declare to the people, but also the words which I should use in these declarations.


 
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