KJV King James Version
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
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Jeremiah 33:20
Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,
WEB World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh: If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;
ASV American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah: If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, so that there shall not be day and night in their season;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Thus said Jehovah: If ye do break My covenant of the day, And My covenant of the night, So that they are not daily and nightly in their season,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 33
17 For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
18 Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
19 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
21 [Then] may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
23 Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כֹּ֚הH3541 · kohthusאָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאִם־H518 · imifתָּפֵ֙רוּ֙H6565 · pa.rarto breakאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּרִיתִ֣יH1285 · be.ritcovenantהַיּ֔וֹםH3117 · yomdayוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּרִיתִ֖יH1285 · be.ritcovenantהַלָּ֑יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightוּלְבִלְתִּ֛יH1115 · bil.tilestהֱי֥וֹתH1961 · ha.yahto beיֽוֹמָם־H3119 · yo.mamby dayוָלַ֖יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightבְּעִתָּֽם׃H6256 · ettime
Cross-references
Psalm 89:37It shall be established for ever as the moon, and [as] a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.Isaiah 54:9-10For this [is as] the waters of Noah unto me: for [as] I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.Genesis 8:22While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.Psalm 104:19-23He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.Jeremiah 31:35-37Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, [and] the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts [is] his name:Jeremiah 33:25-26Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant [be] not with day and night, [and if] I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
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