Jeremiah 42:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.”
Jeremiah 42:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 42:20 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 42:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God says, so declare to us, and we will do it.’”
Jeremiah 42:20 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 42:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according unto all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. ”
Jeremiah 42:20 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 42:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done <FI>it<Fi> ;”
Jeremiah 42:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 42:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For ye deceived yourselves in your own souls, when ye sent me unto Jehovah yourGod, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah ourGod; and according to all that Jehovah ourGod shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. ”
Jeremiah 42:20 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 42:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Surely ye dissembled in your hearts When ye sent me vnto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for vs vnto the Lord our God, and declare vnto vs euen according vnto al that the Lord our God shall say, and we will doe it.”
Jeremiah 42:20 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 42:20 in Context — Jeremiah 42
18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
19 The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.
20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
21 And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.
22 Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn.
What Does Jeremiah 42:20 Mean?
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