Parallel JER 3:19

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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;

WEBBE “But I said, ‘How I desire to put you amongst 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.’

WMBB (Same as above)

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.

Moff No Moff 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.

Drby 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.

Wbstr 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-1769 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/you among the children, and give thee/you 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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KJB-1611 [fn][fn][fn]But I said; How shall I put thee among the children, and giue thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hostes of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me; My father, and shalt not turne away from me.
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

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Bshps 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/you to be my children, and give a pleasant land for thine/your heritage, yea and a goodly host of the heathen? And I said, Call me father, and shrincke not from me.)

Gnva 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/you for children and give thee/you a pleasant land, even the glorious heritage of the armies of the heathen, and said, Thou shalt call me, saying, My father, and shalt not turn from me? )

Cvdl 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 pleasant 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.)

Wycl 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/you among sons, and shall give to thee/you a desirable land, a full cleer heritage of the hosts of heathen men? And I said, Thou shalt clepe me father, and thou/you shalt not cease to enter after me.)

Luth 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 said you/to_you zu: How will I you/to_you so many children give and the liebe Land, the beautiful Erbe, namely the Heer the/of_the Heiden! And I said you/to_you zu: You will alsdann me nennen: Lieber Vater! and not from to_me weichen.)

ClVg 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, inheritance præclaram exercituum gentium? And dixi: Patrem vocabis me, and after me ingredi not/no cessabis. )

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