KJV King James Version
Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.
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Jeremiah 17:17
Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
WEB World English Bible
Don’t be a terror to me: you are my refuge in the day of evil.
ASV American Standard Version
Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Be not Thou to me for a terror, My hope art Thou in a day of evil.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 17
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.
15 Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now.
16 As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.
17 Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.
18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
19 Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem;
20 And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
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Nahum 1:7The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.Jeremiah 16:19O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit.Psalm 59:16But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.Psalm 88:15-16I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.Job 31:23For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.Psalm 77:2-9In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.Jeremiah 17:13O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.Jeremiah 17:7Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.Psalm 41:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.Ephesians 6:13Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
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