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Jeremiah 1:7

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.

KJV

Et dixit Dominus ad me : Noli dicere : Puer sum : quoniam ad omnia quæ mittam te ibis, et universa quæcumque mandavero tibi loqueris.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος πρὸς μέ Μὴ λέγε ὅτι Νεώτερος ἐγώ εἰμι, ὅτι πρὸς πάντας οὓς ἐὰν ἐξαποστείλω σε πορεύσῃ, καὶ κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐὰν ἐντείλωμαί σοι λαλήσεις.

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔/י אַל תֹּאמַ֖ר נַ֣עַר אָנֹ֑כִי כִּ֠י עַֽל כָּל אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֶֽשְׁלָחֲ/ךָ֙ תֵּלֵ֔ךְ וְ/אֵ֛ת כָּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲצַוְּ/ךָ֖ תְּדַבֵּֽר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צִוָּ֥ה
tsvh
verb · 489×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1 And the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In the preceding section, my revered brother Ambrosius, brother formed according to the Gospel, we have discussed, as far as is at present in our power, what the Gospel is, and what is the beginning in which the Word was, and what the Word is which was in the beginning. We now come to consider the next point in the work before …

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 22:14 — And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
  • 2Chr 18:13 — And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
  • Acts 2:4 — And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
  • Acts 4:20 — For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
  • Amos 7:15 — And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
  • Eph 6:20 — For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • Exod 7:1 — And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
  • Ezek 2:3 — And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very d
  • Ezek 2:7 — And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
  • Ezek 3:17 — Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
  • Ezek 3:27 — But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebelli
  • Isa 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
  • Jer 1:17 — Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
  • Jer 1:17 — Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
  • Jer 7:27 — Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
  • Jonah 1:2 — Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
  • Josh 1:9 — Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
  • Mark 16:15 — And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
  • Matt 10:19 — But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
  • Matt 28:20 — Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
  • Num 22:20 — And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
  • Num 22:38 — And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
  • Prov 16:1 — The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.