Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
establish signposts!
Keep the highway in mind,
the way you have traveled.
Return, Virgin Israel!
Return to these cities of yours.
New American Standard Bible
Place for yourself guideposts;
The way by which you went.
Return to these your cities.
King James Version
Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
International Standard Version
Set up markers for yourselves. Erect signposts for yourselves. Pay attention to the highway, to the road you traveled. Return, virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.
A Conservative Version
Set thee up road marks. Make thee guideposts. Set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou went. Turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
American Standard Version
Set thee up waymarks, make thee guide-posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
Amplified
“Place for yourself road signs [toward Canaan],
Make for yourself guideposts;
Turn your thought and attention to the highway,
To the way by which you went [into exile].
Retrace your steps, O virgin of Israel,
Return to these your cities.
Bible in Basic English
Put up guiding pillars, make road signs for yourself: give attention to the highway, even the way in which you went: be turned again, O virgin of Israel, be turned to these your towns.
Darby Translation
Set up waymarks, make for thyself signposts; set thy heart toward the highway, the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
Julia Smith Translation
Set up to thee thorns, set to thee bitternesses: place thy heart to the highway, the way thou wentest: turn back, O virgin of Israel, turn back to these thy cities.
King James 2000
Set up signposts, make yourself landmarks: set your heart toward the highway, even the way which you went: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Set up for yourself road markers, make for yourself signposts, set your {mind} to the main road, [the] road [by which] you went. Return, O virgin of Israel, return to these your cities.
Modern King James verseion
Set up waymarks, make sign posts for yourself. Set your heart toward the highway, the way you went. Turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Get the watchman, provide teachers for thee: set thine heart upon the right way, that thou shouldest walk, and turn again, O thou daughter of Israel; turn again to these cities of thine.
NET Bible
I will say, 'My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours.
New Heart English Bible
"Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
The Emphasized Bible
Erect thee waymarks Set thee up finger-posts, Apply thy heart to The highway - The road by which thou didst depart, - Return O virgin of Israel, Return unto these thy cities.
Webster
Set thee up way-marks, make thee high heaps: set thy heart towards the highway, even the way which thou wentest; turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
World English Bible
Set up road signs, make guideposts; set your heart toward the highway, even the way by which you went: turn again, virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities.
Youngs Literal Translation
Set up for thee signs, make for thee heaps, Set thy heart to the highway, the way thou wentest, Turn back, O virgin of Israel, Turn back unto these thy cities.
Interlinear
Natsab
Suwm
Leb
Shuwb
שׁוּב
Shuwb
return, ...again, turn, ...back, ...away, restore, bring, render, answer, recompense, recover, deliver, put, withdraw, requite,
Usage: 1058
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 31:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel And Judah Will Be Delivered From Their Distress
20
a delightful child?
Whenever I speak against him,
I certainly still think about him.
Therefore, My inner being yearns for him;
I will truly have compassion on him.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
establish signposts!
Keep the highway in mind,
the way you have traveled.
Return, Virgin Israel!
Return to these cities of yours.
faithless daughter?
For the Lord creates something new in the land
a female
Cross References
Jeremiah 50:5
turning their faces to this road.
They will come and join themselves
in an everlasting covenant
Isaiah 48:20
flee from the Chaldeans!
Declare with a shout of joy,
proclaim this,
let it go out to the end of the earth;
announce,
“The Lord has redeemed His servant
Isaiah 57:14
“Build it up, build it up, prepare the way,
remove every obstacle from My people’s way.”
Isaiah 62:10
prepare a way for the people!
Build it up, build up the highway;
clear away the stones!
Raise a banner for the peoples.
Jeremiah 31:4
Virgin Israel.
You will take up your tambourines again
and go out in joyful dancing.
Deuteronomy 32:46
he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I am giving as a warning to you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
1 Chronicles 29:3
Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the house of my God over and above all that I’ve provided for the holy house:
2 Chronicles 11:16
Those from every tribe of Israel who had determined in their hearts to seek Yahweh their God followed the Levites to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 20:3
Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved
Psalm 62:10
or false hope in robbery.
If wealth increases,
pay no attention to it.
Psalm 84:5
whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.
Proverbs 24:32
I looked, and received instruction:
Isaiah 52:11-12
Do not touch anything unclean;
go out from her, purify yourselves,
you who carry the vessels of the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:14
“Return, you faithless children”
Jeremiah 51:6
save your lives, each of you!
Don’t perish because of her guilt.
For this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance—
He will pay her what she deserves.
Jeremiah 51:50
go and do not stand still!
Remember the Lord from far away,
and let Jerusalem come to your mind.
Ezekiel 40:4
He spoke to me: “Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears,
Haggai 1:5
Now, the Lord of Hosts says this: “Think carefully
Zechariah 2:6-7
“Get up! Leave the land of the north”
Zechariah 10:9
they will remember
they and their children will live and return.