Jeremiah 1:5

New English Translation

⁵“Before I formed you in your mother’s womb^[a] I chose you.^[b]
Before you were born I set you apart.
I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 1:5 tn Heb “the womb.” The words “your mother’s” are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarity.
Jeremiah 1:5 tn Heb “I knew you.” The parallelism here with “set you apart” and “appointed you” make clear that Jeremiah is speaking of his foreordination to be a prophet. For this same nuance of the Hebrew verb see Gen 18:19; Amos 3:2.

Jeremiah 1:5

International Standard Version

⁵“I knew you before I formed you in the womb;
I set you apart for me before you were born;
I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

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Jeremiah 1:5

New International Version

⁵“Before I formed you in the womb^(A) I knew^[a]^(B) you,
before you were born^(C) I set you apart;^(D)
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.^(E)”