Jeremiah 33:20

New Revised Standard

Thus says the Lord : If any of you could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night would not come at their appointed time,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“This is what the Lord says: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night so that day and night cease to come at their regular time,

Hebrew Names Version
Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;

King James Version
Thus saith the Lord ; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;

English Standard Version
"Thus says the Lord : If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time,

New American Standard Bible
"This is what the LORD says: 'If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not occur at their proper time,

New Century Version
"This is what the Lord says: I have an agreement with day and night that they will always come at the right times. If you could change that agreement,

Amplified Bible
"Thus says the LORD, 'If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night do not take place at their appointed times,

World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus sayth the Lord, If you can breake my couenant of the day, and my couenant of the night, that there should not be day, and night in their season,

Legacy Standard Bible
"Thus says Yahweh, ‘If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,

Berean Standard Bible
"This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,

Contemporary English Version
I, the Lord , have an agreement with day and night, so they always come at the right time. You can't break the agreement I made with them,

Complete Jewish Bible
"Here is what Adonai says: ‘If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that daytime and nighttime no longer come when they are supposed to,

Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant [in respect] of the day, and my covenant [in respect] of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord says, "I have an agreement with day and night. I agreed that they would continue forever. You cannot change that agreement. Day and night will always come at the right time. If you could change that agreement,

George Lamsa Translation
Thus says the LORD: if they can break my ordinances of the day, and my ordinances of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their appointed time;

Good News Translation
"I have made a covenant with the day and with the night, so that they always come at their proper times; and that covenant can never be broken.

Lexham English Bible
"Thus says Yahweh: ‘If you could break my covenant with the day, and my covenant with the night, so that day and night would not come at their time,

Literal Translation
So says Jehovah, If you can break My covenant of the day, and My covenant of the night, and there should not be day and night in their time,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus saieth the LORDE: Maye the couenaunt which I haue made with daye and night, be broken, that there shulde not be daye and night in due season?

American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;

Bible in Basic English
The Lord has said: If it is possible for my agreement of the day and the night to be broken, so that day and night no longer come at their fixed times,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus saith the LORD: If ye can break My covenant with the day, and My covenant with the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season;

King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the Lord; If you can breake my couenant of the day, and my couenant of the night, and that there should not be day, and night in their season:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saith the Lorde: May the couenaunt whiche I haue made with day and night be broken, that there shoulde not be day and night in due season?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And there was another man prophesying in the name of the Lord, Urias the son of Samaeas of Cariathiarim; and he prophesied concerning this land according to all the words of Jeremias.

English Revised Version
Thus saith the LORD: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and seide, The Lord seith these thingis, If my couenaunt with the dai and my couenaunt with the niyt mai be maad voide, that the dai and the niyt be not in his tyme;

Update Bible Version
Thus says Yahweh: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season;

New English Translation
"I, the Lord , make the following promise: ‘I have made a covenant with the day and with the night that they will always come at their proper times. Only if you people could break that covenant

New King James Version
"Thus says the LORD: "If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that there will not be day and night in their season,

New Living Translation
"This is what the Lord says: If you can break my covenant with the day and the night so that one does not follow the other,

New Life Bible
"This is what the Lord says: ‘If you can break My agreement with the day and night, so that day and night will not come at their set time,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Yahweh, If ye can break, My covenant of the day, and My covenant of the night, That there be not day and night in their season,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus saith the Lord: if my covenant, with the day can be made void, and my covenant with the night, that there should not be day and night in their season:

Revised Standard Version
"Thus says the LORD: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time,

Young's Literal Translation
`Thus said Jehovah: If ye do break My covenant of the day, And My covenant of the night, So that they are not daily and nightly in their season,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus says the LORD, 'If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time,

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ For thus says the Lord : David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, ¹⁸ and the levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to make grain offerings, and to make sacrifices for all time. ¹⁹ The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ²⁰ Thus says the Lord : If any of you could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night would not come at their appointed time, ²¹ only then could my covenant with my servant David be broken, so that he would not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with my ministers the Levites. ²² Just as the host of heaven cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will increase the offspring of my servant David, and the Levites who minister to me. ²³ The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ²⁴ Have you not observed how these people say, "The two families that the Lord chose have been rejected by him," and how they hold my people in such contempt that they no longer regard them as a nation? ²⁵ Thus says the Lord : Only if I had not established my covenant with day and night and the ordinances of heaven and earth, ²⁶ would I reject the offspring of Jacob and of my servant David and not choose any of his descendants as rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes, and will have mercy upon them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 33:25, Jeremiah 33:26, Jeremiah 31:35, Jeremiah 31:36, Genesis 8:22, Psalms 89:37, Psalms 104:19-23, Isaiah 54:9, Isaiah 54:10

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:5 - and Genesis 1:14 - Let there Genesis 9:9 - General Genesis 15:18 - made Leviticus 26:44 - break Judges 2:1 - I will never 1 Kings 15:4 - for David's 2 Chronicles 7:18 - shall not 2 Chronicles 10:16 - David 2 Chronicles 21:7 - because Psalms 74:20 - Have Psalms 89:28 - covenant Psalms 89:33 - Nevertheless Psalms 89:34 - covenant Psalms 89:36 - and Psalms 100:5 - and his truth Psalms 111:9 - he hath Psalms 132:11 - sworn Psalms 148:3 - sun Ecclesiastes 1:5 - sun Isaiah 55:3 - the sure Ezekiel 16:60 - I will remember Amos 9:11 - raise Romans 9:4 - covenants Ephesians 2:12 - the covenants Hebrews 6:17 - the immutability

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord , and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent, and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron; and there he built an altar to the Lord .

Genesis 21:33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord , the Everlasting God.

Genesis 32:28
Then the man said, "You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed."

Genesis 33:7
Leah likewise and her children drew near and bowed down; and finally Joseph and Rachel drew near, and they bowed down.

Genesis 33:8
Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company that I met?" Jacob answered, "To find favor with my lord."

Genesis 35:7
and there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord, if you can break my covenant of the day,

and my covenant of the night,.... The same with the ordinances of the sun, moon, and stars, Jeremiah 31:35; the original constitution and law of nature, settled from the beginning of the world, and observed ever since, in the constant revolution of day and night; and which was formed into a covenant and promise to Noah, after the deluge, that day and night should not cease, as long as the earth remained, Genesis 8:22; and which has never been, nor can be, broken and made void: so

that there should not be day and night in their season; or turn; continually succeeding each other: this, as it would not be attempted, so could never be effected by any mortals, if it were.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 33:20. If ye can break my covenant of the day — Jeremiah 31:36.