KJV King James Version
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
WEB World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
ASV American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where is this—the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, ‘We do not go.’
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 6
13 For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one [is] given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
14 They have healed also the hurt [of the daughter] of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.
15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time [that] I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].
17 Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what [is] among them.
19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, [even] the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
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כֹּ֣הH3541 · kohthusאָמַ֣רH559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֡הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDעִמְדוּ֩H5975 · a.madto stand: standעַל־H5921 · aluponדְּרָכִ֨יםH1870 · de.rekhway: conductוּרְא֜וּH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוְשַׁאֲל֣וּ׀H7592 · sha.alto askלִנְתִב֣וֹתH5410 · na.tivpathעוֹלָ֗םH5769 · o.lamforever: enduringאֵי־H335 · aywhere?זֶ֨הH2088 · zehthisדֶ֤רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductהַטּוֹב֙H2896 · tovpleasantוּלְכוּ־H1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבָ֔הּH9034 · haherוּמִצְא֥וּH4672 · ma.tsato findמַרְגּ֖וֹעַH4771 · mar.go.arestלְנַפְשְׁכֶ֑םH5315 · ne.pheshsoulוַיֹּאמְר֖וּH559 · a.marto sayלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotנֵלֵֽךְ׃H1980 · ha.lakhto go: went
Cross-references
Isaiah 30:21And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This [is] the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.Deuteronomy 32:7Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.Jeremiah 18:15Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways [from] the ancient paths, to walk in paths, [in] a way not cast up;Matthew 11:28-29Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Jeremiah 7:23But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.Colossians 2:6As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him:Isaiah 2:5O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.Jeremiah 18:12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.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.Jeremiah 22:21I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; [but] thou saidst, I will not hear. This [hath been] thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.Hebrews 11:2For by it the elders obtained a good report.Malachi 4:4Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, [with] the statutes and judgments.Jeremiah 44:16[As for] the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.John 13:17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.Hebrews 6:12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.Luke 16:29Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.John 5:39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.Isaiah 28:12To whom he said, This [is] the rest [wherewith] ye may cause the weary to rest; and this [is] the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
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