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Jeremiah 31:13

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

KJV

Tunc lætabitur virgo in choro, juvenes et senes simul : et convertam luctum eorum in gaudium, et consolabor eos, et lætificabo a dolore suo.

Vulgate

καὶ καταισχυνθήσεται Μωὰβ ἀπὸ Χαμὼς ὥσπερ καταισχύνθη οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ Βαιθὴλ ἐλπίδος αὐτῶν, πεποιθότες ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς.

LXX

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

ASV

אָ֣ז תִּשְׂמַ֤ח בְּתוּלָה֙ בְּ/מָח֔וֹל וּ/בַחֻרִ֥ים וּ/זְקֵנִ֖ים יַחְדָּ֑ו וְ/הָפַכְתִּ֨י אֶבְלָ֤/ם לְ/שָׂשׂוֹן֙ וְ/נִ֣חַמְתִּ֔י/ם וְ/שִׂמַּחְתִּ֖י/ם מִ/יגוֹנָֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖בֶל
'bl
noun · 24×
אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
בְּתוּלַ֖ת
btvlt
noun · 50×
בַּחוּרִ֖ים
bchvrym
verb · 46×
הָפַ֣ךְ
hpk
verb · 94×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
יִשְׂמְחוּ
yshmchv
verb · 153×
יַחְדָּ֑ו
ychdv
noun · 141×
יָג֖וֹן
ygvn
noun · 14×
מָח֑וֹל
mchvl
noun · 6×
נִי
ny
verb · 108×
שָׂשׂוֹן֙
shshvn
noun · 22×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 7:6 — Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
  • Esth 9:22 — As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and
  • Ezra 6:22 — And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house
  • Isa 35:10 — And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
  • Isa 51:3 — For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, t
  • Isa 51:11 — Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee a
  • Isa 60:20 — Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
  • Isa 61:2 — To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
  • Isa 61:3 — To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteou
  • Isa 65:18 — But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.
  • Jas 4:9 — Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
  • Jer 31:4 — Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
  • Jer 31:4 — Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
  • John 16:22 — And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
  • Judg 21:21 — And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benj
  • Luke 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
  • Neh 12:27 — And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with sing
  • Neh 12:43 — Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
  • Neh 12:43 — Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.
  • Ps 30:11 — Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
  • Ps 30:11 — Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
  • Ps 148:12 — Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children:
  • Ps 149:3 — Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
  • Ps 149:3 — Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
  • Rev 21:4 — And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
  • Zech 1:17 — Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
  • Zech 8:4 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
  • Zech 8:5 — And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
  • Zech 8:19 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and chee