Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus says Yahweh: "[The] people of [the] survivors of the sword found grace in the desert; Israel going to find their rest."
New American Standard Bible
“The people who survived the sword
Israel, when it went to
King James Version
Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
Holman Bible
This is what the Lord says:
the people who survived the sword.
When Israel went to find rest,
International Standard Version
This is what the LORD says: "The people who survived the sword, found favor in the desert while Israel was seeking rest.
A Conservative Version
Thus says LORD: The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness, even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah, The people that were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
Amplified
Thus says the Lord,
“The people who survived the sword
Found grace in the wilderness [of exile]—
Israel (the Northern Kingdom), when it went to find its rest.”
Bible in Basic English
The Lord has said, Grace came in the waste land to a people kept safe from the sword, even to Israel on the way to his resting-place.
Darby Translation
Thus saith Jehovah: The people that were left of the sword have found grace in the wilderness, even Israel, when I go to give him rest.
Julia Smith Translation
Thus said Jehovah, The people escaped of the sword found grace in the desert; Israel going to cause him to rest
King James 2000
Thus says the LORD, The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to give him rest.
Modern King James verseion
So says Jehovah, The people who were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I will go to give him rest.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus sayeth the LORD, "The people of Israel which escaped in the wilderness from the sword, found grace to come into their rest.
NET Bible
The Lord says, "The people of Israel who survived death at the hands of the enemy will find favor in the wilderness as they journey to find rest for themselves.
New Heart English Bible
Thus says the LORD, "The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus, saith Yahweh, - There hath found favour in the desert people escaped from the sword, - I must go to cause him, even Israel, to rest.
Webster
Thus saith the LORD, The people who were left by the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh, The people who were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thus said Jehovah: Found grace in the wilderness Hath a people remaining from the sword Going to cause it to rest -- Israel.
Interlinear
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 31:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Relationship With His People
1 "At that time," {declares} Yahweh, "I will be the God of all the clans of Israel, and they will be to me a people." 2 Thus says Yahweh: "[The] people of [the] survivors of the sword found grace in the desert; Israel going to find their rest." 3 From afar Yahweh appeared to me, [saying], "I have loved you [with] an everlasting love. {Therefore} I have drawn you [with] loyal love.
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 10:33
And so they set out from the mountain of Yahweh a journey of three days, with the ark of the covenant of Yahweh setting out ahead of them three days' journey to search out a resting place for them;
Deuteronomy 1:33
{who goes} {before you} on your way, seeking a place for your encampment, in fire at night and in a cloud by day, to show you the way that {you should go}.
Psalm 95:11
Therefore I swore in my anger, 'They shall surely not enter into my rest.'"
Exodus 1:16
and he said, "When you help the Hebrews give birth, you will look upon the pairs of testicles; if he [is] a son, you will put him to death, and if she [is] a daughter, she will live."
Exodus 1:22
And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "Every son who is born you will throw into the Nile, and every daughter you will let live."
Exodus 2:23
{And then} during those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the {Israelites} groaned because of the work, and they cried out, and their cry for help because of the work went up to God.
Exodus 5:21
And they said to them, "May Yahweh look upon you and judge because you have caused our fragrance to stink in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants [so as] to put a sword into their hand to kill us."
Exodus 12:37
And the {Israelites} set out from Rameses to Succoth; the men [were] about six hundred thousand on foot, besides dependents.
Exodus 14:8-12
And Yahweh hardened the heart of Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and he chased after the {Israelites}. (Now the {Israelites} [were] going out {boldly}.)
Exodus 15:9-10
[The] enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide plunder, my desire will be full [of] them, I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.'
Exodus 17:8-13
And Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
Exodus 33:14
And he said, "My presence will go, and I will give you rest."
Numbers 14:20
Yahweh said, "I have forgiven [them] according to your word;
Deuteronomy 1:30
Yahweh your God, who is going {before you}, will himself fight for you, {just as} he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
Deuteronomy 2:7
The fact of the matter is, Yahweh your God has blessed you in {all the work you have done}; he knows {your travels} [with respect to] this great wilderness; forty years Yahweh your God [has been] with you; you have not lacked a thing." '
Deuteronomy 8:2-3
And you shall remember all [of] the way that Yahweh your God led you [during] these forty years in the desert in order to humble you and to test you to know what [is] in your heart, whether you would [diligently] keep his commandments or not.
Deuteronomy 8:16
the one {feeding you} manna in the desert, [food] that your ancestors did not know, in order to humble you and in order to test you [so that he could] do good to you {in the future}.
Deuteronomy 12:9
For you have not come up to now to the resting place and to the inheritance that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you.
Nehemiah 9:12-15
You led them by day with a column of cloud and with a column of fire by night, to give them light on the way that they were to go.
Psalm 78:14-16
And he led them with the cloud by day, and all night with a fiery light.
Psalm 78:23-29
Nevertheless, he commanded [the] skies above and opened [the] doors of heaven,
Psalm 78:52
Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them like a herd in the wilderness.
Psalm 105:37-43
Then he brought them out with silver and gold, and there was none among his tribes who stumbled.
Psalm 136:16-24
To [him who] led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love [endures] forever.
Isaiah 63:7-14
I will mention the loyal love of Yahweh, the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has done for us, and [the] greatness of goodness to the house of Israel that he has done to them according to his mercy and the abundance of his loyal love.
Jeremiah 2:2
"Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, {saying}, 'Thus says Yahweh, "I remember [concerning] you the loyal love of your childhood, the love of your betrothal-time, your going after me in the desert, in [the] land not sown.
Ezekiel 20:14-17
and I acted for the sake of my name, [that it] not be profaned before the eyes of the nations {before whom I brought them out}.
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all [of you] who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest.
Hebrews 4:8-9
For if Joshua had caused them to rest, he would not have spoken about another day after these [things].