Parallel JER 3:19

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BSB  ⇔ Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons
⇔ and give you a desirable land,
 ⇔ the most beautiful inheritance
⇔ of all the nations!’
 ⇔ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’
⇔ and never turn away from following Me.

OEB How glad, methought, shall I be
⇔ To give thee a place among sons,
 ⇔ To give thee a pleasant land,
⇔ An inheritance passing fair!
 ⇔ Me thought ye would call Me Father,
⇔ And follow Me evermore;

WEB “But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall call me “My Father”, and shall not turn away from following me.’

NET “I thought to myself,
 ⇔ ‘Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son!
 ⇔ What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land,
 ⇔ the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!’
 ⇔ I thought you would call me, ‘Father’
 ⇔ and would never cease being loyal to me.

LSV And I have said, How do I put you among the sons,
And give a desirable land to you,
A beautiful inheritance of the hosts of nations,
And I say, You call Me—My Father,
And you do not turn back from after Me.

FBV I said to myself, I really want you to be my children, and to give you the best country, the most beautiful place of any nation. I hoped you would call me “Father,” and never give up following me.

T4T You people of Israel, I wanted to accept you to be my children.
 ⇔ I wanted to give you this delightful land.
⇔ It is a land more desirable/pleasant than the land of any other nation!
 ⇔ I wanted you to call me ‘father’,
⇔ and I wanted you to never turn away from me.

LEB  • and I would give you a land of desire, •  an inheritance of the glory of the hosts of nations.’ •  And I thought, ‘You would call me, “My father,” •  and you would not turn back from[fn] me.’

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BBE But I said, How am I to put you among the children, and give you a desired land, a heritage of glory among the armies of the nations? and I said, You are to say to me, My father; and not be turned away from me.

MOF No MOF JER book available

JPS But I said: 'How would I put thee among the sons, and give thee a pleasant land, the goodliest heritage of the nations!' And I said: 'Thou shalt call Me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following Me.'

ASV But I said, How I will put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations! and I said, Ye shall call me My Father, and shall not turn away from following me.

DRA But I said: How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a lovely land, the goodly inheritance of the armies of the Gentiles? And I said: Thou shalt call me father and shalt cease to walk after me.

YLT And I have said, How do I put thee among the sons, And give to thee a desirable land, A beauteous inheritance of the hosts of nations, And I say, My father — ye do call to Me, And from after Me ye do not turn back.

DBY And as for me, I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee the pleasant land, the goodly inheritance of the hosts of the nations? And I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from following me.

RV But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of the nations? and I said, Ye shall call me My father; and shall not turn away from following me.

WBS But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

KJB But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.[fn][fn][fn]
  (But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.)

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BB I haue thought thus: howe shall I take thee to be my children, and geue a pleasaunt lande for thine heritage, yea and a goodly hoast of the heathen? And I sayd, Call me father, and shrincke not from me.
  (I have thought thus: how shall I take thee to be my children, and give a pleasaunt land for thine/your heritage, yea and a goodly hoast of the heathen? And I said, Call me father, and shrincke not from me.)

GNV But I sayde, Howe did I take thee for children and giue thee a pleasant lande, euen the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and saide, Thou shalt call mee, saying, My father, and shalt not turne from me?
  (But I said, How did I take thee for children and give thee a pleasant land, even the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and said, Thou shalt call mee, saying, My father, and shalt not turn from me? )

CB I haue shewed also, how I toke the vp beinge but a childe, and gaue the a pleasaunt londe for thine heretage, yee and a goodly hooste of the Heithen: and how I commaunded the, that thou shuldest call me father only, and not to shrencke fro me.
  (I have showed also, how I took the up beinge but a child, and gave the a pleasaunt land for thine/your heretage, ye/you_all and a goodly hooste of the Heithen: and how I commanded them, that thou/you shuldest call me father only, and not to shrencke from me.)

WYC Forsothe Y seide, Hou schal Y sette thee among sones, and schal yyue to thee a desirable lond, a ful cleer eritage of the oostis of hethene men? And Y seide, Thou schalt clepe me fadir, and thou schalt not ceesse to entre aftir me.
  (Forsothe I said, How shall I set thee among sons, and shall give to thee a desirable land, a full cleer eritage of the oostis of heathen men? And I said, Thou shalt clepe me father, and thou/you shalt not cease to enter after me.)

LUT Und ich sage dir zu: Wie will ich dir so viel Kinder geben und das liebe Land, das schöne Erbe, nämlich das Heer der Heiden! Und ich sage dir zu: Du wirst alsdann mich nennen: Lieber Vater! und nicht von mir weichen.
  (And I sage you zu: How will I you so many children give and the liebe Land, the schöne Erbe, namely the Heer the Heiden! And I sage you zu: You wirst alsdann me nennen: Lieber Vater! and not from to_me weichen.)

CLV Ego autem dixi: Quomodo ponam te in filios, et tribuam tibi terram desiderabilem, hæreditatem præclaram exercituum gentium? Et dixi: Patrem vocabis me, et post me ingredi non cessabis.[fn]
  (I however dixi: Quomodo ponam you(sg) in filios, and tribuam to_you the_earth/land desiderabilem, hæreditatem præclaram exercituum gentium? And dixi: Patrem vocabis me, and after me ingredi not/no cessabis.)

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BRN And I said, So be it, Lord, for thou saidst, I will set thee among children, and will give thee a choice land, the inheritance of the Almighty God of the Gentiles: and I said, Ye shall call me Father; and ye shall not turn away from me.

BrLXX Καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπα, γένοιτο Κύριε· ὅτι τάξω σε εἰς τέκνα, καὶ δώσω σοι γῆν ἐκλεκτὴν, κληρονομίαν Θεοῦ παντοκράτορος ἐθνῶν· καὶ εἶπα, πατέρα καλέσετέ με, καὶ ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἀποστραφήσεσθε.
  (Kai egō eipa, genoito Kurie; hoti taxō se eis tekna, kai dōsō soi gaʸn eklektaʸn, klaʸronomian Theou pantokratoros ethnōn; kai eipa, patera kalesete me, kai apʼ emou ouk apostrafaʸsesthe. )