Parallel Verses
Amplified
O Lord, correct me [along with Your people], but with mercy and in just measure—
Not in Your anger, or You will crush me and bring me to nothing.
New American Standard Bible
Not with Your anger, or You will
King James Version
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Holman Bible
not in Your anger,
or You will reduce me to nothing.
International Standard Version
LORD, correct me, but with justice, not with anger. Otherwise, you'll bring me to nothing.
A Conservative Version
O LORD, correct me, but in measure, not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
American Standard Version
O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Bible in Basic English
O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.
Darby Translation
Jehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Julia Smith Translation
Correct me, O Jehovah, but in judgment, not in thy wrath, lest thou shalt make me small.
King James 2000
O LORD, correct me, but with justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Chastise me, Yahweh, but in moderation, not in your anger, lest you eradicate me.
Modern King James verseion
O Jehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore chasten thou us, O LORD; but with favour, and not in thy wrath. Bring us not utterly to naught.
NET Bible
Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.
New Heart English Bible
LORD, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
The Emphasized Bible
Chastise me, O Yahweh But yet in measure, - Not in thine anger, lest thou make me few.
Webster
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
World English Bible
Yahweh, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
Youngs Literal Translation
Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.
Themes
Afflictions » Chastisement, a mark of the father's love
Chastisement » The lord chastening
Interlinear
Yacar
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 10:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Prayer
23
O Lord, I know that the path of [life of] a man is not in himself;
It is not within [the limited ability of] man [even one at his best] to choose and direct his steps [in life].
O Lord, correct me [along with Your people], but with mercy and in just measure—
Not in Your anger, or You will crush me and bring me to nothing.
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know nor recognize You
And on the families that do not call Your name.
For they have devoured Jacob;
They have devoured him and consumed him
And made his land a desolate waste.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 6:1
Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
Psalm 38:1
Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.
Jeremiah 30:11
‘For I am with you,’ says the Lord, ‘to save you;
For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you,
But I will not destroy you completely.
But I will judge and discipline you fairly
And will by no means regard you as guiltless and leave you unpunished.’
Job 6:18
“The paths of their course wind along,
They go up into nothing and perish.
[Your counsel is as helpful to me as a dry streambed in the heat of summer.]
Isaiah 40:23
It is He who reduces dignitaries to nothing,
Who makes the judges (rulers) of the earth meaningless (useless).
Isaiah 41:11-12
“Indeed, all those who are angry with you will be put to shame and humiliated;
Those who strive against you will be as nothing and will perish.
Habakkuk 3:2
O Lord, I have heard the report about You and I fear.
O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years,
In the midst of the years make it known;
In wrath [earnestly] remember compassion and love.