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OEB And if ever they master the ways of My people,
 ⇔ To swear by My name, "As Jehovah liveth,"
 ⇔ As they once taught My people to swear by the Baal,
 ⇔ They shall then be built up in the midst of My people.

WEBBE It will happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘As the LORD lives;’ even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will be built up in the middle of my people.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET But they must make sure you learn to follow the religious practices of my people. Once they taught my people to swear their oaths using the name of the god Baal. But then, they must swear oaths using my name, saying, “As surely as the Lord lives, I swear.” If they do these things, then they will be included among the people I call my own.

LSV And it has come to pass,
If they learn the ways of My people well,
To swear by My Name, YHWH lives,
As they taught My people to swear by Ba‘al,
Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.

FBV If they will honestly learn the ways of my people and respect me, making their vows to me, just as they once taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will do well among my people.

T4T And if the people of the other nations whose armies have invaded Israel learn the religious customs of my people, and if they learn that I am listening when they solemnly promise that they will do something good, like they taught my people to believe that their god Baal was listening when they made solemn promises, I will cause them to become prosperous, and they also will be my people.

LEB And then,[fn] if they diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, ‘as Yahweh lives,’[fn] even as they taught my people to swear by Baal, then they will live in the midst of my people.

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BBE And it will be that, if they give their minds to learning the ways of my people, using my name in their oaths, By the living Lord; as they have been teaching my people to take oaths by the Baal; then their place will be made certain among my people.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of My people to swear by My name: 'As the LORD liveth,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of My people.

ASV And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Jehovah liveth; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.

DRA And it shall come to pass, if they will be taught, and will learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name: The Lord liveth, as they have taught my people to swear by baal: that they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

YLT And it hath come to pass, If they learn well the ways of My people, To swear by My name, 'Jehovah liveth,' As they taught My people to swear by Baal, Then they have been built up in the midst of My people.

Drby And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, [As] Jehovah liveth — even as they taught my people to swear by Baal — they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

RV and it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As the LORD liveth; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.

Wbstr And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

KJB-1769 And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.
   (And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth/lives; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. )

KJB-1611 And it shall come to passe, if they will diligently learne the wayes of my people to sweare by my name (The LORD liueth, as they taught my people to sweare by Baal:) then shall they be built in the middest of my people.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And yf they namely that trouble my people wyll learne the wayes of them to sweare by my name, the Lorde lyueth, lyke as they learned my people to sweare by Baal, then shall they be built among my people:
   (And if they namely that trouble my people will learn the ways of them to swear by my name, the Lord liveth/lives, like as they learned my people to swear by Baal, then shall they be built among my people:)

Gnva And if they will learne the wayes of my people, to sweare by my Name, (The Lord liueth, as they taught my people to sweare by Baal) then shall they be built in the middes of my people.
   (And if they will learn the ways of my people, to swear by my Name, (The Lord liveth/lives, as they taught my people to swear by Baal) then shall they be built in the midst of my people. )

Cvdl And yf they (namely that trouble my people) wil lerne ye wayes of them, to sweare by my name: The LORDE lyueth (like as they lerned my people to sweare by Baal) the shal they be rekened amoge my people.
   (And if they (namely that trouble my people) will learn ye/you_all ways of them, to swear by my name: The LORD liveth/lives (like as they lerned my people to swear by Baal) the shall they be rekened among my people.)

Wycl And it schal be, if thei `that ben tauyt lernen the weies of my puple, that thei swere in my name, The Lord lyueth, as thei tauyten my puple to swere in Baal, thei schulen be bildid in the myddis of my puple.
   (And it shall be, if they `that been tauyt lernen the ways of my people, that they swear in my name, The Lord liveth/lives, as they taughtn my people to swear in Baal, they should be builded/built in the midst of my puple.)

Luth Und soll geschehen, wo sie von meinem Volk lernen werden, daß sie schwören bei meinem Namen: So wahr der HErr lebet, wie sie (zuvor) mein Volk gelehret haben schwören bei Baal, so sollen sie unter meinem Volk erbauet werden.
   (And should geschehen, where they/she/them from my people lernen become, that they/she/them schwören at my Namen: So wahr the/of_the LORD lives, like they/she/them (zuvor) my people gelehret have schwören at Baal, so sollen they/she/them under my people erbauet become.)

ClVg Et erit: si eruditi didicerint vias populi mei, ut jurent in nomine meo: Vivit Dominus ! sicut docuerunt populum meum jurare in Baal, ædificabuntur in medio populi mei.
   (And erit: when/but_if eruditi didicerint vias of_the_people my/mine, as yurent in nomine meo: Vivit Master ! like docuerunt the_people mine yurare in Baal, ædificabuntur in in_the_middle of_the_people my/mine. )