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Jeremiah 31:16

Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

KJV

Hæc dicit Dominus : Quiescat vox tua a ploratu, et oculi tui a lacrimis, quia est merces operi tuo, ait Dominus, et revertentur de terra inimici :

Vulgate

ἐγγὺς ἡμέρα Μωὰβ ἐλθεῖν, καὶ πονηρία αὐτοῦ ταχεῖα σφόδρα.

LXX

Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

ASV

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה מִנְעִ֤י קוֹלֵ/ךְ֙ מִ/בֶּ֔כִי וְ/עֵינַ֖יִ/ךְ מִ/דִּמְעָ֑ה כִּי֩ יֵ֨שׁ שָׂכָ֤ר לִ/פְעֻלָּתֵ/ךְ֙ נְאֻם יְהוָ֔ה וְ/שָׁ֖בוּ מֵ/אֶ֥רֶץ אוֹיֵֽב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בְכִ֖י
bky
noun · 28×
וֹ
v
noun · 14×
י
y
verb · 282×
י
y
noun · 22×
י
y
noun · 27×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כֹּֽה
kh
adverb · 574×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Can a man merit anything from God? Without grace, can anyone merit eternal life? May anyone with grace merit eternal life condignly? Is it chiefly through the instrumentality of charity that grace is the principle of merit? May a man merit the first grace for himself? May he merit it for someone else? Can anyone merit restoration after sin? Can he merit for himself an increase …

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 4:14 — For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
  • 2Chr 15:7 — Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
  • Eccl 9:7 — Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
  • Ezek 11:17 — Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.
  • Ezek 20:41 — I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen.
  • Ezra 1:5 — Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
  • Gen 43:31 — And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
  • Gen 43:31 — And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
  • Gen 45:1 — Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his bret
  • Heb 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
  • Heb 11:6 — But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
  • Hos 1:11 — Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
  • Isa 25:8 — He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.
  • Isa 30:19 — For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
  • Jer 23:3 — And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
  • Jer 29:14 — And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I wi
  • Jer 30:3 — For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, a
  • Jer 30:18 — Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob’s tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after
  • 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 33:7 — And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
  • Jer 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy en
  • John 20:13 — And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him.
  • Mark 5:38 — And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
  • Matt 5:4 — Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
  • Ps 30:5 — For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
  • Rev 5:5 — And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
  • Ruth 2:12 — The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.