Jeremiah 42:20
For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
KJV
quia decepistis animas vestras. Vos enim misistis me ad Dominum Deum nostrum, dicentes : Ora pro nobis ad Dominum Deum nostrum, et juxta omnia quæcumque dixerit tibi Dominus Deus noster, sic annuntia nobis, et faciemus.
Vulgate
For ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according unto all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
ASV
כִּ֣י התעתי/ם הִתְעֵיתֶם֮ בְּ/נַפְשֽׁוֹתֵי/כֶם֒ כִּֽי אַתֶּ֞ם שְׁלַחְתֶּ֣ם אֹתִ֗/י אֶל יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵי/כֶם֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר הִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל בַּעֲדֵ֔/נוּ אֶל יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ וּ/כְ/כֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֹאמַ֜ר יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵ֛י/נוּ כֵּ֥ן הַגֶּד לָ֖/נוּ וְ/עָשִֽׂינוּ
Hebrew
For you have deceived your own souls: for you sent me to the Lord our God, saying: Pray for us to the Lord our God, and according to all that the Lord our God shall say to thee, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 8:29 — And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal de
- Isa 29:13 — Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the p
- Isa 30:2 — That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
- Jer 37:3 — And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
- Jer 38:14 — Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from m