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Jeremiah 23:37

Thus, shall thou say unto the prophet, - What hath Yahweh, answered thee? or What hath Yahweh, spoken?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Minister, Christian;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Leaders;   Ministers;   Religious;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - False Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Lamentations, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Burden;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Micaiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Say to the prophet, ‘What has the Lord answered you?’ or ‘What has the Lord spoken?’
Hebrew Names Version
Thus shall you say to the prophet, What has the LORD answered you? and, What has the LORD spoken?
King James Version
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and, What hath the Lord spoken?
English Standard Version
Thus you shall say to the prophet, ‘What has the Lord answered you?' or ‘What has the Lord spoken?'
New American Standard Bible
"This is what you will say to that prophet: 'What has the LORD answered you?' and, 'What has the LORD spoken?'
New Century Version
This is how you should speak to the prophets: ‘What answer did the Lord give you?' or ‘What did the Lord say?'
Amplified Bible
"Thus you will [reverently] say to the prophet, 'What has the LORD answered you?' and, 'What has the LORD spoken?'
World English Bible
Thus shall you say to the prophet, What has Yahweh answered you? and, What has Yahweh spoken?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thus shalt thou say to the Prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lorde spoken?
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus you will say to that prophet, ‘What has Yahweh answered you?' and, ‘What has Yahweh spoken?'
Berean Standard Bible
Thus you are to say to the prophet: 'What has the LORD answered you?' and, 'What has the LORD spoken?'
Contemporary English Version
If you go to a prophet, it's all right to ask, "What answer did the Lord give to my question?" or "What has the Lord said?"
Complete Jewish Bible
So, when speaking to a prophet, ask, "What answer has Adonai given you?" or "What did Adonai say?"
Darby Translation
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?
Easy-to-Read Version
"If you want to learn about God's message, ask a prophet, ‘What answer did the Lord give you?' or ‘What did the Lord say?'
George Lamsa Translation
Thus shall you say to that person: What has the LORD answered you? and, What has the LORD spoken?
Good News Translation
Jeremiah, ask the prophets, ‘What answer did the Lord give you? What did the Lord say?'
Lexham English Bible
Thus you shall say to that prophet, ‘What has Yahweh answered you?' or, ‘What has Yahweh spoken?'
Literal Translation
So you shall say to the prophet, What has Jehovah answered you? And what has Jehovah spoken?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus shall euery man saye to the prophetes: what answere hath the LORDE geuen the? Or, what saieth the LORDE?
American Standard Version
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath Jehovah answered thee? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?
Bible in Basic English
This is what you are to say to the prophet, What answer has the Lord given to you? and, What has the Lord said?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: 'What hath the LORD answered thee?' and: 'What hath the LORD spoken?'
King James Version (1611)
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lord spoken?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus shall euery man say to the prophetes: what aunswere hath the Lorde geuen thee? or what saith the Lorde?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But wherefore, say ye, has the Lord our God spoken?
English Revised Version
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt seie these thingis to the profete, What answeride the Lord to thee? and what spak the Lord?
Update Bible Version
Thus you shall say to the prophet, What has Yahweh answered you? and, What has Yahweh spoken?
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?
New English Translation
Each of you should merely ask the prophet, ‘What answer did the Lord give you? Or what did the Lord say?'
New King James Version
Thus you shall say to the prophet, "What has the LORD answered you?' and, "What has the LORD spoken?'
New Living Translation
"This is what you should say to the prophets: ‘What is the Lord 's answer?' or ‘What is the Lord saying?'
New Life Bible
This is what you should say to the man who speaks in My name: ‘What answer has the Lord given you?' and, ‘What has the Lord said?'
New Revised Standard
Thus you shall ask the prophet, "What has the Lord answered you?" or "What has the Lord spoken?"
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus shalt thou say to the prophet: What hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lord spoken?
Revised Standard Version
Thus you shall say to the prophet, 'What has the LORD answered you?' or 'What has the LORD spoken?'
Young's Literal Translation
Thus dost thou say unto the prophet What hath Jehovah answered thee? And what hath Jehovah spoken?
THE MESSAGE
"You can ask the prophets, ‘How did God answer you? What did he tell you?' But don't pretend that you know all the answers yourselves and talk like you know it all. I'm telling you: Quit the ‘God told me this... God told me that...' kind of talk.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus you will say to that prophet, 'What has the LORD answered you?' and, 'What has the LORD spoken?'

Contextual Overview

33 But when this people or a prophet or a priest shall ask thee saying What is the oracle of Yahweh? Then shalt thou say unto them Ye, yourselves, are the oracle, Therefore will I reject you Declareth Yahweh; 34 But the prophet, or the priest or the people who shall say - the oracle of Yahweh, I will bring punishment upon that man and upon his house. 35 Thus, shall ye say - every man mite his neighbour and every man unto his brother, - What hath Yahweh, answered? or, What hath Yahweh, spoken? 36 but the oracle of Yahweh, shall ye not mention, any more, - for, every man's oracle, shall be his own word, because ye have perverted the words of a Living God, Yahweh of hosts our God. 37 Thus, shall thou say unto the prophet, - What hath Yahweh, answered thee? or What hath Yahweh, spoken? 38 But, since ye keep on saying, The Oracle of Yahweh, therefore, Thus saith Yahweh, Because ye have said this word, The oracle of Yahweh, whereas I had sent unto you saying, Ye shall not say, The oracle of Yahweh 39 therefore, behold me! I will lift you up, - and carry you away, and the city which I gave to you and to your fathers from before my face; 40 and will give unto you reproach age-abiding, - and disgrace age-abiding, which shall not be forgotten.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus shall thou say to the prophet,.... To Jeremiah, or any true prophet of the Lord; after the following manner should everyone address him, that made any inquiry of the will of the Lord by him:

what hath the Lord answered thee? and what hath the Lord spoken? this is repeated from Jeremiah 23:35; for the confirmation of it, and for the direction of the people, and to show how much the Lord approved of such a way of behaving towards his prophet, and himself by him.


 
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