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Jeremiah 42:5-7
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Jeremiah 42:5-7
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
5 And they said to Jeremiah, ‘May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we don’t act according to every word the Lord your God sends you to tell us.(A) 6 Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the Lord our God to whom we are sending you so that it may go well with us.(B) We will certainly obey the Lord our God! ’
Jeremiah’s Advice to Stay
7 At the end of ten days, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah,
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Jeremiah 42:5-7
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 42:5-7
English Standard Version
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, (A)“May the Lord be a true and (B)faithful witness against us (C)if we do not act according to all the word (D)with which the Lord your God sends you to us. 6 Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, (E)that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”
7 (F)At the end of ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah 42:5-7
New International Version
Jeremiah 42:5-7
New International Version
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true(A) and faithful(B) witness(C) against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us. 6 Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well(D) with us, for we will obey(E) the Lord our God.”
7 Ten days later the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah.
Jeremiah 42:5-7
King James Version
Jeremiah 42:5-7
King James Version
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.
6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.
7 And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah.
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