Parallel Verses
Amplified
But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am [only] a young man,’
Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,
And whatever I command you, you shall speak.
New American Standard Bible
“Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’
And
King James Version
But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Holman Bible
Then the Lord said to me:
for you will go to everyone I send you to
and speak whatever I tell you.
International Standard Version
Then the LORD told me, "Don't say, "I'm only a young man,' for you will go everywhere I send you, and you will speak everything I command you.
A Conservative Version
But LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child. For to whomever I shall send thee thou shall go, and whatever I shall command thee thou shall speak.
American Standard Version
But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.
Bible in Basic English
But the Lord said to me, Do not say, I am a child: for wherever I send you, you are to go, and whatever I give you orders to say, you are to say.
Darby Translation
But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for thou shalt go to whomsoever I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will say to me, Thou shalt not say, I a boy; for thou shalt go to all to whom I shall send thee, and all which I shall command thee thou shalt speak
King James 2000
But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatsoever I command you you shall speak.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But Yahweh said to me, "You must not say, 'I [am] a youth,' for to {whomever} I send you, you will go, and {whatever} I command you, you will speak.
Modern King James verseion
But Jehovah said to me, Do not say, I am a boy; for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the LORD answered me thus, "Say not so, 'I am too young': For thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee unto, and whatsoever I command thee, that shalt thou speak.
NET Bible
The Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am too young.' But go to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.
New Heart English Bible
But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am a child;' for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh unto me, Do not say, A child, am, I, - For against whomsoever I send thee, shalt thou go, And whatsoever I command thee, shalt thou speak:
Webster
But the LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatever I command thee thou shalt speak.
World English Bible
But Yahweh said to me, "Don't say, 'I am a child;' for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Do not say, I am a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest.
Themes
Children » Early piety of » Jeremiah
Children » Instances of » Jeremiah
Excuses » Seven excuses offered for the neglect of duty » Personal weakness (jeremiah)
Jeremiah » The prophet » Call of
Missionary-work by ministers » God strengthens for
Speak the word » The bible contains the message to be delivered
The bible » Purpose » It contains the message to be delivered
Topics
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 1:7
Images Jeremiah 1:7
Prayers for Jeremiah 1:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Call Of Jeremiah
6
Then I said, “Ah, Lord God!
Behold, I do not know how to speak,
For I am [only] a young man.”
But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am [only] a young man,’
Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,
And whatever I command you, you shall speak.
“Do not be afraid of them [or their hostile faces],
For I am with you [always] to protect you and deliver you,” says the Lord.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Numbers 22:20
God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them, but you shall still do only what I tell you.”
Exodus 7:1-2
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now hear this: I make you as God to Pharaoh [to declare My will and purpose to him]; and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.
Numbers 22:38
So Balaam said to Balak, “Indeed I have come to you now, but am I able to say anything at all? The word that God puts in my mouth, that I shall speak.”
1 Kings 22:14
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, I will speak what the Lord says to me.”
2 Chronicles 18:13
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, I will [only] speak what my God says.”
Jeremiah 1:17-18
But you [Jeremiah],
Ezekiel 2:3-5
And He said to me, “I am sending you, son of man, to the children of Israel, to a rebellious people [in both the north and the south] that have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have sinned and revolted against Me to this very day.
Ezekiel 3:17-21
“Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me.
Ezekiel 3:27
But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God.’ He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses [to hear], let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house.
Matthew 28:20
Mark 16:15-16
And He said to them,
Acts 20:27
For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose and plan of God.