Jeremiah 7:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.”
Jeremiah 7:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 7:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 7:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“but this thing I commanded them, saying, ‘Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. Walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’”
Jeremiah 7:23 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 7:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“but this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you. ”
Jeremiah 7:23 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 7:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“But this thing I commanded them, saying: Hearken to My voice, And I have been to you for God, And ye--ye are to Me for a people, And have walked in all the way that I command you, So that it is well for you.”
Jeremiah 7:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 7:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be yourGod, and ye shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you. ”
Jeremiah 7:23 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 7:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voyce, and I will be your God, and yee shalbe my people: and walke yee in all the wayes which I haue commanded you, that it may be well vnto you.”
Jeremiah 7:23 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 7:23 in Context — Jeremiah 7
21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
22 For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
23 But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them:
What Does Jeremiah 7:23 Mean?
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