JER 3:13 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Πλὴν, γνῶθι τὴν ἀδικίαν σου, ὅτι εἰς Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου ἠσέβησας, καὶ διέχεας τὰς ὁδούς σου εἰς ἀλλοτρίους ὑποκάτω παντὸς ξύλου ἀλσώδους, τῆς δὲ φωνῆς μου οὐχ ὑπήκουσας, λέγει Κύριος.
(Plaʸn, gnōthi taʸn adikian sou, hoti eis Kurion ton Theon sou aʸsebaʸsas, kai dieⱪeas tas hodous sou eis allotrious hupokatō pantos xulou alsōdous, taʸs de fōnaʸs mou ouⱪ hupaʸkousas, legei Kurios. )

BrTr Nevertheless, know thine iniquity, that thou hast sinned against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every shady tree, but thou didst not hearken to my voice, saith the Lord.

ULT Only, know your iniquity,
⇔ for you have transgressed against Yahweh your God,
⇔ and you have spread your ways to strangers
⇔ under every leafy tree,
⇔ and to my voice you did not listen
⇔ —the declaration of Yahweh.

UST But you must admit that you are guilty,
⇔ and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh, your God,
⇔ that you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere,
⇔ and you have not obeyed me.
¶ You have turned away from me.

BSB Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign [gods] under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’ ” declares the LORD.

OEB But only acknowledge thy guilt–
⇔ That, disloyal to Jehovah thy God,
⇔ Thou hast lavished thy love upon strangers
⇔ Beneath every spreading tree,
⇔ And unto My voice, saith Jehovah,
⇔ Thou hast not inclined thine ear.

WEBBE Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,’ ” says the LORD.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET However, you must confess that you have done wrong,
⇔ and that you have rebelled against the Lord your God.
⇔ You must confess that you have given yourself to foreign gods under every green tree,
⇔ and have not obeyed my commands,’ says the Lord.

LSV Only, know your iniquity,
For you have transgressed against your God YHWH,
And you scatter your ways to strangers,
Under every green tree,
And you have not listened to My voice,”
A declaration of YHWH.

FBV Just admit you did wrong, that you rebelled against the Lord your God. You spread yourself around, committing adultery by worshiping foreign gods under every green tree, refusing to do what I told you, declares the Lord.

T4T But you must admit/say that you are guilty,
⇔ and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh, your God,
⇔ that you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere,
⇔ and you have not obeyed me.
⇔ You have turned away from me.

LEB No LEB JER book available

BBE Only be conscious of your sin, the evil you have done against the Lord your God; you have gone with strange men under every branching tree, giving no attention to my voice, says the Lord.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every leafy tree, and ye have not hearkened to My voice, saith the LORD.

ASV Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah.

DRA But yet acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God: and thou hast scattered thy ways to strangers under every green tree, and hast not heard my voice, saith the Lord.

YLT Only, know thine iniquity, For against Jehovah thy God thou hast transgressed, And thou dost scatter thy ways to strangers, Under every green tree, And to My voice thou hast not hearkened, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Drby Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy [fn]God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah.

3.13 Elohim

RV Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
(Only acknowledge thine/your iniquity, that thou/you hast transgressed against the LORD thy/your God, and hast scattered thy/your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye/you_all have not obeyed my voice, saith/says the LORD. )

SLT Only know thine iniquity that thou didst transgress against Jehovah thy God, and thou wilt scatter thy ways to strangers under every green tree, and to my voice ye heard not, says Jehovah.

Wbstr Only acknowledge thy iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.

KJB-1769 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
(Only acknowledge thine/your iniquity, that thou/you hast transgressed against the LORD thy/your God, and hast scattered thy/your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye/you_all have not obeyed my voice, saith/says the LORD. )

KJB-1611 Only acknowledge thine iniquity that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy wayes to the strangers vnder euery greene tree, and ye haue not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps JER book available

Gnva But knowe thine iniquitie: for thou hast rebelled against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy waies to the straunge gods vnder euery greene tree, but yee woulde not obey my voyce, sayeth the Lord.
(But know thine/your iniquity: for thou/you hast rebelled against the Lord thy/your God, and hast scattered thy/your ways to the strange gods under every green tree, but ye/you_all would not obey my voice, saith/says the Lord. )

Cvdl No Cvdl JER book available

Wycl No Wycl JER book available

Luth No Luth JER book available

ClVg Verumtamen scito iniquitatem tuam, quia in Dominum Deum tuum prævaricata es, et dispersisti vias tuas alienis sub omni ligno frondoso, et vocem meam non audisti, ait Dominus.[fn]
(Verumnevertheless he_knowso iniquity your(sg), because in/into/on the_Master God your beforevaricata you_are, and dispersedsti ways/roads yours strangerss under all wood frondoso, and voice of_mine not/no you_heard, he_said Master. )

3.13 Verumtamen scito. Quasi dicat, cum misertus fuero tui, non te justum putes; sed semper memento iniquitatis tuæ et superbiæ colla dimitte, ut qui per arrogantiam offendisti, per humilitatem placare Deum possis.

3.13 Verumnevertheless he_knowso. As_if let_him_say, when/with misertus I_will_be yours(sg), not/no you(sg) just putes; but always remember iniquity yours and pride necks dimitte, as who through arrogantiam offendisti, through humility placare God possis.

RP-GNT No RP-GNT JER book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) Acknowledge your iniquity

(Some words not found in UHB: only acknowledge guilt_of,your that/for/because/then/when in/on/at/with,LORD God_of,your rebelled and,scattered DOM favors_of,your to_the,strangers below/instead_of all/each/any/every tree/message green and,in/on/at/with,voice_of,my not obeyed declares_of YHWH )

“Admit how you have sinned.” God was speaking to Israel.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) you have shared your ways with strangers under every leafy tree!

The word “strangers” refers to foreign gods. God speaks of Israel worshiping foreign gods as if Israel were a woman who was having sex with strangers.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

(Occurrence 0) under every leafy tree

People would worship idols under trees. The word “every” is a generalization used to show that the people of Israel worshiped many gods under many different trees.

Parallel JER 3:13