Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Will you not just now call out to Me,
‘My Father, you were the guide and companion of my youth?
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Holman Bible
You were my friend in my youth.
International Standard Version
Have you not just called out to me, "My father, you are the friend of my youth
American Standard Version
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Bible in Basic English
Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?
Darby Translation
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Julia Smith Translation
From the time didst thou not call to me, My father, thou the friend of my youth?
King James 2000
Will you not from this time cry unto me, My father, you are the guide of my youth?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Have you not just now called to me, 'My father, you [are] the close friend of my youth?
Modern King James verseion
Will you not from this time cry to Me, My father, You are the guide of my youth?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Else wouldst thou say unto me, 'O my father, thou art he that hast brought me up, and led me from my youth:
NET Bible
Even now you say to me, 'You are my father! You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.
New Heart English Bible
Will you not from this time cry to me, 'My Father, you are the guide of my youth?'
The Emphasized Bible
Hast thou not from this time, cried unto me, My father! the friend of my youth, art, thou?
Webster
Wilt thou not from this time cry to me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
World English Bible
Will you not from this time cry to me, 'My Father, you are the guide of my youth?'
Youngs Literal Translation
Hast thou not henceforth called to Me, 'My father, Thou art the leader of my youth?
Interlinear
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 3:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unfaithfulness Of Contemporary Israel
3
“Therefore the showers have been withheld,
And there has been no spring rain.
Yet you have the forehead (appearance) of a prostitute;
You refuse to be ashamed.
“Will you not just now call out to Me,
‘My Father, you were the guide and companion of my youth?
‘Will He be angry forever?
Will He be indignant to the end?’
Behold, you have spoken,
And you have done all the evil things [you could],
And you have had your way and have carried out your wickedness.”
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:2
“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord,
Your time of betrothal [like that of a bride during the early years in Egypt and again at Sinai],
When you followed Me in the wilderness,
Through a land not sown.
Jeremiah 3:19
“Then I said,
And give you a pleasant land—a wonderful heritage,
The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’
And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father
And not turn away from following Me.’
Psalm 71:17
O God, You have taught me from my youth,
And I still declare Your wondrous works and miraculous deeds.
Proverbs 2:17
Who leaves the companion (husband) of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
Jeremiah 31:9
“They will come with weeping [in repentance and for joy],
And by [their] prayer [for the future] I will lead them;
I will make them walk by streams of waters,
On a straight path in which they will not stumble,
For I am a Father to Israel,
And Ephraim (Israel) is My firstborn.”
Hosea 2:15
“Then I will give her her vineyards from there,
And make the Valley of Achor a door of hope and expectation [anticipating the time when I will restore My favor on her].
And she will sing there and respond as in the days of her youth
As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
Psalm 48:14
For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even until death.
Psalm 71:5
For You are my hope;
O Lord God, You are my trust and the source of my confidence from my youth.
Psalm 119:9
Beth.
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to Your precepts].
Proverbs 1:4
That prudence (good judgment, astute common sense) may be given to the naive or inexperienced [who are easily misled],
And knowledge and discretion (intelligent discernment) to the youth,
Jeremiah 2:27
Who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their backs to Me,
And not their faces;
But in the time of their trouble they will say,
‘Arise [O Lord] and save us.’
Jeremiah 31:18-20
“I have surely heard Ephraim (Israel) moaning and grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like a bull unaccustomed to the yoke or an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
Hosea 14:1-3
For you have stumbled and fallen [visited by tragedy], because of your sin.
Malachi 2:14
But you say, “Why [does He reject it]?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your marriage companion and the wife of your covenant [made by your vows].