Jeremiah 42:5-6
Lexham English Bible
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May Yahweh be against us as a true and faithful witness[a] if we do not do according to all the words[b] that Yahweh sends you for us. 6 Whether good or bad, we will listen to the voice of Yahweh our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we listen to the voice of Yahweh our God.”
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- Jeremiah 42:5 Literally “a witness of faithfulness and trustworthy”
- Jeremiah 42:5 Hebrew “word”
Jeremiah 42:5-6
New King James Version
5 So they said to Jeremiah, (A)“Let the Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not do according to everything which the Lord your God sends us by you. 6 Whether it is [a]pleasing or [b]displeasing, we will (B)obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we send you, (C)that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”
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- Jeremiah 42:6 Lit. good
- Jeremiah 42:6 Lit. evil
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