KJV King James Version
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
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Jeremiah 35:19
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
WEB World English Bible
therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me forever.
ASV American Standard Version
therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Of Jonadab son of Rechab one standing before me is not cut off all the days.’
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 35
16 Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
17 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered.
18 And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
19 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.
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לָכֵ֗ןH3651 · kenrightכֹּ֥הH3541 · kohthusאָמַ֛רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDצְבָא֖וֹתH6635 · tsa.vaarmyאֱלֹהֵ֣יH430 · e.lo.himGodיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotיִכָּרֵ֨תH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutאִ֜ישׁH376 · ishmanלְיוֹנָדָ֧בH3122 · yo.na.davJonadabבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childרֵכָ֛בH7394 · re.khavRechabעֹמֵ֥דH5975 · a.madto stand: standלְפָנַ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַיָּמִֽים׃ פH3117 · yomday
Cross-references
Jeremiah 15:19Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, [and] thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them.Luke 21:36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.Psalm 5:5The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.Jeremiah 33:17-18For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,1 Chronicles 2:55And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and] Suchathites. These [are] the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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