KJV King James Version
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.
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Jeremiah 17:16
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
WEB World English Bible
As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you; neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was before your face.
ASV American Standard Version
As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I hastened not from feeding after Thee, And the desperate day I have not desired, Thou—Thou hast known, The produce of my lips, before Thy face it hath been,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 17
13 O 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.
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;
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַאֲנִ֞יH589 · a.niIלֹא־H3808 · lonotאַ֣צְתִּי׀H213 · utsto hastenמֵרֹעֶ֣הH7462 · bet-e.qed ha.ro.imHouse of Shepherdsאַחֲרֶ֗יךָH310 · a.charafterוְי֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayאָנ֛וּשׁH605 · a.nashbe incurableלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotהִתְאַוֵּ֖יתִיH183 · a.vahto desireאַתָּ֣הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)יָדָ֑עְתָּH3045 · ya.dato knowמוֹצָ֣אH4161 · mo.tsaexitשְׂפָתַ֔יH8193 · sa.phahlipsנֹ֥כַחH5227 · no.khachbeforeפָּנֶ֖יךָH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהָיָֽה׃H1961 · ha.yahto be
Cross-references
Jeremiah 4:19-20My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.Acts 20:20[And] how I kept back nothing that was profitable [unto you], but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,Acts 20:27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.Romans 9:1-3I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, [and] to turn away thy wrath from them.James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:Amos 7:14-15Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet’s son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:Jeremiah 14:17-21Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.Ezekiel 33:7-9So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.Ezekiel 3:14-19So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.Jeremiah 13:17But 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.2 Corinthians 2:17For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!2 Corinthians 1:12For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.Jeremiah 20:9Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But [his word] was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not [stay].Jeremiah 1:4-10Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,James 3:1My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
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