Jeremiah 5:22

New English Translation

²²‘You should fear me!’ says the Lord.
‘You should tremble in awe before me!^[a]
I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea,
a permanent barrier that it can never cross.
Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail.
They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary.’^[b]

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 5:22 tn Heb “Should you not fear me? Should you not tremble in awe before me?” The rhetorical questions expect the answer explicit in the translation.
Jeremiah 5:22 tn Heb “it.” The referent is made explicit to avoid any possible confusion.

Jeremiah 5:22

King James Version

²²Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

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Jeremiah 5:22

New International Version

²²Should you not fear^(A) me?” declares the Lord.
    “Should you not tremble^(B) in my presence?
I made the sand a boundary for the sea,^(C)
    an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.
The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;
    they may roar,^(D) but they cannot cross it.

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Jeremiah 5:22

New King James Version

²²^(A)Do you not fear Me?’ says the Lord.
‘Will you not tremble at My presence,
Who have placed the sand as the ^(B)bound of the sea,
By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it?
And though its waves toss to and fro,
Yet they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.

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Jeremiah 5:22

English Standard Version

²²^(A)Do you not fear me? declares the Lord.
    Do you not tremble before me?
I placed the sand ^(B)as the boundary for the sea,
    a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass;
though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
    though ^(C)they roar, they cannot pass over it.