Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

And I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazarites from your young men. Is it not even so, O sons of Israel? says Jehovah.

New American Standard Bible

“Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets
And some of your young men to be Nazirites.
Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord.

King James Version

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

Holman Bible

I raised up some of your sons as prophets
and some of your young men as Nazirites.
Is this not the case, Israelites?
This is the Lord’s declaration.

International Standard Version

I also raised up your sons to be prophets, and from your young men I raised up Nazirites. Is this not true, people of Israel?" declares the LORD.

A Conservative Version

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye sons of Israel? says LORD.

American Standard Version

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

Amplified


“Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets [who gave you My revelation],
And some of your young men to be Nazirites (dedicated ones).
Is this not true, O you children of Israel?” says the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

And some of your sons I made prophets, and some of your young men I made separate for myself. Is it not even so, O children of Israel? says the Lord.

Darby Translation

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

And I will raise up from your sons for prophets, and from your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even this, ye sons of Israel? says Jehovah.

King James 2000

And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O you children of Israel? says the LORD.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I raised up some [of] your sons to [be] prophets and some [of] your young men to [be] Nazirites. Is it not so, O {people} of Israel? [This is] the declaration of Yahweh!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I raised up prophets among your children, and abstainers among your young men. Is it not so, O ye children of Israel?' sayeth the LORD.

NET Bible

I made some of your sons prophets and some of your young men Nazirites. Is this not true, you Israelites?" The Lord is speaking!

New Heart English Bible

I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children of Israel?" says the LORD.

The Emphasized Bible

And I raised up, of your sons, for prophets, and, of your young men, for Nazirites, - Was it not even so, ye sons of Israel? Demandeth Yahweh;

Webster

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

World English Bible

I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, you children of Israel?" says Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

And I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites, Is not this true, O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I raised up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

נביא 
Nabiy' 
Usage: 315

and of your young men
בּחר בּחוּר 
Bachuwr 
Usage: 46

נזר נזיר 
Naziyr 
Usage: 16

Is it not even thus, O ye children

Usage: 0

of Israel
ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

נאם 
N@'um 
Usage: 376

Context Readings

Judgment On Israel

10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years through the wilderness to possess the land of the Amorite. 11 And I raised up prophets from your sons and Nazarites from your young men. Is it not even so, O sons of Israel? says Jehovah. 12 But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Do not prophesy.

Cross References

Numbers 6:2-3

Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When a man or a woman shall vow a vow, a vow of a Nazarite, to be separated to Jehovah,

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brothers, one like you, and will put My words in His mouth. And He shall speak to them all that I shall command Him.

Judges 13:4-7

And now, please take heed, and do not drink wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing.

1 Samuel 3:20

And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Jehovah.

1 Samuel 19:20

And Saul sent messengers to take David. And when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God came on the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

1 Kings 17:1

And Elijah the Tishbite, of the sojourners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except according to my word.

1 Kings 18:4

for it happened when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

1 Kings 19:16

And you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.

1 Kings 20:13

And behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, saying, So says Jehovah, Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today, and you shall know that I am Jehovah.

1 Kings 20:35

And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor, By the Word of Jehovah, please strike me! And the man refused to strike him.

1 Kings 20:41

And he hurried and took the ashes away from his face. And the king of Israel saw that he was one of the prophets.

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of Jehovah. But I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

2 Kings 2:2-5

And Elijah said to Elisha, Please stay here, for Jehovah has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said, As Jehovah lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 6:1

And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we live with you is too small for us.

2 Kings 17:13

And Jehovah testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, by all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments, My statutes, according to all the Law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets.

2 Chronicles 36:15

And Jehovah, the God of their fathers sent to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending, for He had pity on His people and on His dwelling-place.

Isaiah 5:3-4

And now, O people of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, please judge between Me and My vineyard.

Isaiah 30:10-11

who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy falsehood;

Jeremiah 2:5

So says Jehovah, What injustice have your fathers found in Me, that they have gone far from Me and have walked after vanity, and have become vain?

Jeremiah 2:31

O generation, see the Word of Jehovah. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of darkness? Why do My people say, We roam freely; we will come no more to You?

Jeremiah 7:25

Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day I have even sent to you all My servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending.

Jeremiah 11:21

Therefore so says Jehovah of the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, Do not prophesy in the name of Jehovah, that you do not die by our hand.

Jeremiah 26:11

And the priests and the prophets spoke to the rulers and to all the people, saying, Let a death sentence be for this man, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.

Lamentations 4:7

Her Nazarites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; they were redder of bone than corals; their cuttings as lapis lazuli, azure blue.

Amos 7:12-13

And Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go, flee for yourself into the land of Judah; and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

Micah 2:6

Do not drop words as they drop! They shall not drop words about these; they shall not draw back reproaches.

Micah 6:3-4

O My people, what have I done to you? And in what have I made you weary? Testify against Me!

Matthew 21:34-38

And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the vinedressers to receive its fruits.

Luke 1:3-17

it seemed good to me also, following all things accurately from the very first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus,

Acts 4:18

And they called them and commanded them not to speak at all, nor to teach in the name of Jesus.

Acts 5:28

saying, Did we not strictly command you that you not teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine and intend to bring this man's blood on us.

Acts 7:51

O stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.

1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, also driving us out and they do not please God and being contrary to all men,

2 Peter 1:20-21

knowing this first, that no prophecy of the Scripture came into being of its own private interpretation.

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