Jeremiah 3:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.”
Jeremiah 3:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 3:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 3:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
““‘Will he retain his anger forever? Will he keep it to the end?’ Behold, you have spoken and have done evil things, and have had your way.””
Jeremiah 3:5 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 3:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Will he retain his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and hast had thy way. ”
Jeremiah 3:5 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 3:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Doth He keep to the age? watch for ever?' Lo, these things thou hast spoken, And thou dost the evil things, and prevailest.”
Jeremiah 3:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 3:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Will he keep [his anger] for ever? Will he preserve it perpetually? Behold, thou hast spoken and hast done evil things, and thou art [so] determined. ”
Jeremiah 3:5 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 3:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Wil he keepe his anger for euer? will he reserue it to the ende? thus hast thou spoken, but thou doest euill, euen more and more.”
Jeremiah 3:5 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 3:5 in Context — Jeremiah 3
3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
6 The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
What Does Jeremiah 3:5 Mean?
Jeremiah 3:5 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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