Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of those who contend with me.
New American Standard Bible
And listen to
King James Version
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Holman Bible
Hear what my opponents are saying!
International Standard Version
LORD, pay attention to me. Listen to the voice of my accusers!
American Standard Version
Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Amplified
Pay attention to me, O Lord [and intercede];
Listen to what my adversaries are saying [and are plotting against me]—
Bible in Basic English
Give thought to me, O Lord, and give ear to the voice of those who put forward a cause against me.
Darby Translation
Jehovah, give heed to me, and listen to the voice of those that contend with me.
Julia Smith Translation
Attend to me, O Jehovah, and hear for the voice of mine adversary.
King James 2000
Give heed to me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of them that contend with me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Listen attentively to me, Yahweh, and listen to [the] voice of my opponents.
Modern King James verseion
Pay attention to me; O Jehovah, and attend to the voice of my foes.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Consider me, O LORD, and hear the voice of mine enemies!
NET Bible
Then I said, "Lord, pay attention to me. Listen to what my enemies are saying.
New Heart English Bible
"Give heed to me, LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
The Emphasized Bible
Give thou ear O Yahweh unto me, - And hearken unto the voice of mine accusers.
Webster
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
World English Bible
Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me.
Interlinear
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References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 18:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Imprecatory Prayer
18 Then they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah. For the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not gi 19 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of those who contend with me. 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
Names
Cross References
2 Kings 19:16
Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear. Open thine eyes, O LORD, and see. And hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent for him to defy the living God.
Nehemiah 4:4-5
Hear, O our God, for we are despised, and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity,
Nehemiah 6:9
For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work that it not be done. But now, [O God], strengthen thou my hands.
Psalm 55:16-17
As for me, I will call upon God, and LORD will save me.
Psalm 56:1-3
Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me.
Psalm 64:1-4
Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Psalm 109:4
For my love they are my adversaries, but I [make] prayer.
Psalm 109:28
Let them curse, but bless thou. When they arise, they shall be put to shame, but thy servant shall rejoice.
Jeremiah 20:12
But, O LORD of hosts, who tries the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see thy vengeance on them, for to thee I have revealed my cause.
Micah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, O my enemy. When I fall, I shall arise. When I sit in darkness, LORD will be a light to me.
Luke 6:11-12
But they were filled with fury, and deliberated with each other what they might do to Jesus.