KJV King James Version
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
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Jeremiah 31:39
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
The measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
WEB World English Bible
The measuring line shall go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and shall turn about to Goah.
ASV American Standard Version
And the measuring line shall go out further straight onward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And gone out again hath the measuring line Over-against it, unto the height of Gareb, And it hath compassed to Goah.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 31
36 If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, [then] the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
37 Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.
38 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
39 And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
40 And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, [shall be] holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
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