Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people:

New American Standard Bible

For thus the Lord spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

King James Version

For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

International Standard Version

For this is what the LORD spoke to me, as his forceful hand was resting on me, and as he was warning me not to live the way this people were living:

A Conservative Version

For LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

American Standard Version

For Jehovah spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

Amplified

For in this way the Lord spoke to me with His strong hand [upon me] and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people [behaving as they do], saying,

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord, controlling me with a strong hand, gave me orders not to go in the way of this people, saying,

Darby Translation

For Jehovah spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and he instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

Julia Smith Translation

For thus said Jehovah to me with strength of the hand, and he will turn me away from going in the way of this people, saying,

King James 2000

For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

Lexham Expanded Bible

For Yahweh said this to me {while his hand weighed heavily on me}, and he {warned me not to walk} in the way of this people, saying,

Modern King James verseion

For so Jehovah spoke to me with a strong hand, and warned me against walking in the way of this people, saying,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For the LORD chastised me, and took me by the hand, and warned me, saying unto me that I should not walk in the ways of this people. He said moreover,

NET Bible

Indeed this is what the Lord told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people:

New Heart English Bible

For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

The Emphasized Bible

For, thus, spake Yahweh unto me like a firm grasp of the hand, - when he admonished me, not to walk in the way of this people, saying:

Webster

For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,

World English Bible

For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,

Youngs Literal Translation

For thus hath Jehovah spoken unto me with strength of hand, and instructeth me against walking in the way of this people, saying,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the Lord

Usage: 0

thus to me with a strong
חזקה 
Chezqah 
Usage: 3

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

me that I should not walk
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

in the way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

References

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Hastings

Context Readings

Wait For Yahweh

10 Devise a plan; it will fail.
Make a prediction; it will not happen.
For God is with us.
11 For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people: 12 Do not call everything an alliance
these people say is an alliance.
Do not fear what they fear;
do not be terrified.


Cross References

Ezekiel 3:14

So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. I left in bitterness and in an angry spirit, and the Lord’s hand was on me powerfully.

Psalm 32:8

I will instruct you and show you the way to go;
with My eye on you, I will give counsel.

Proverbs 1:15

my son, don’t travel that road with them
or set foot on their path,

Jeremiah 15:19

Therefore, this is what the Lord says:

If you return, I will restore you;
you will stand in My presence.
And if you speak noble words,
rather than worthless ones,
you will be My spokesman.
It is they who must return to you;
you must not return to them.

Jeremiah 20:7

You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived.
You seized me and prevailed.
I am a laughingstock all the time;
everyone ridicules me.

Jeremiah 20:9

If I say, “I won’t mention Him
or speak any longer in His name,”
His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding it in,
and I cannot prevail.

Ezekiel 2:6-8

“But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words, though briers and thorns are beside you and you live among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words or be discouraged by the look on their faces, for they are a rebellious house.

Acts 4:20

for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

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