KJV King James Version
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, [and] make [it] gross darkness.
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Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, [and] make [it] gross darkness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
WEB World English Bible
Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness.
ASV American Standard Version
Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Give ye to Jehovah your God honour, Before He doth cause darkness, And before your feet stumble on dark mountains, And ye have waited for light, And He hath made it for death-shade, And hath appointed it for thick darkness.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 13
13 Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.
15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, [and] make [it] gross darkness.
17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’S flock is carried away captive.
18 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, [even] the crown of your glory.
19 The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open [them]: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
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תְּנוּ֩H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלַיהוָ֨הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵיכֶ֤םH430 · e.lo.himGodכָּבוֹד֙H3519 · ka.vodgloryבְּטֶ֣רֶםH2962 · te.rembeforeיַחְשִׁ֔ךְH2821 · cha.shakhto darkenוּבְטֶ֛רֶםH2962 · te.rembeforeיִֽתְנַגְּפ֥וּH5062 · na.gaphto strikeרַגְלֵיכֶ֖םH7272 · re.gelfootעַל־H5921 · aluponהָ֣רֵיH2022 · harmountain: mountנָ֑שֶׁףH5399 · ne.shephtwilightוְקִוִּיתֶ֤םH6960 · qa.vahto awaitלְאוֹר֙H216 · orlightוְשָׂמָ֣הּH7760 · sumto set: makeלְצַלְמָ֔וֶתH6757 · tsal.ma.vetshadowוְשִׁ֖יתH7896 · shitto set: makeלַעֲרָפֶֽל׃H6205 · a.ra.phelcloud
Cross-references
Isaiah 8:22And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness.Isaiah 59:9Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, [but] we walk in darkness.Isaiah 60:2For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.Joshua 7:19And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide [it] not from me.Isaiah 5:30And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if [one] look unto the land, behold darkness [and] sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.Amos 8:9-10And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:John 12:35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.Psalm 44:19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.Exodus 10:21And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness [which] may be felt.Jeremiah 23:12Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery [ways] in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, [even] the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 4:23I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.1 Samuel 6:5Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.Jeremiah 14:19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and [there is] no healing for us? we looked for peace, and [there is] no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!Jeremiah 8:15We looked for peace, but no good [came; and] for a time of health, and behold trouble!Psalm 96:7-8Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.Lamentations 4:17As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation [that] could not save [us].1 John 2:10-11He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
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