Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And Jehovah will say to me, Israel turning away justified her soul above faithless Judah.
New American Standard Bible
And the Lord said to me, “
King James Version
And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
Holman Bible
The Lord announced to me, “Unfaithful Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
International Standard Version
Then the LORD told me, "Unfaithful Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Amplified
And the Lord said to me, “Faithless Israel has proved herself less guilty than treacherous Judah [a land of renegades].
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to me, Israel in her turning away is seen to be more upright than false Judah.
Darby Translation
And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel hath shewn herself more just than treacherous Judah.
King James 2000
And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel has justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Yahweh said to me, "Apostate Israel has proved herself more upright than treacherous Judah.
Modern King James verseion
And Jehovah said to me, The backsliding Israel has justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the LORD said unto me, "The shrinking Israel is more righteous than the unfaithful Judah:
NET Bible
Then the Lord said to me, "Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah.
New Heart English Bible
The LORD said to me, "Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
The Emphasized Bible
Then said Yahweh unto me, - Apostate Israel, hath justified herself, - more than treacherous Judah.
Webster
And the LORD said to me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
World English Bible
Yahweh said to me, "Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Justified herself hath backsliding Israel, More than treacherous Judah.
Themes
Interlinear
Tsadaq
Nephesh
Bagad
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 3:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call For Repentance
10 And also in all this her faithless sister Judah turned not back to me with all the heart, but in falsehood, says Jehovah. 11 And Jehovah will say to me, Israel turning away justified her soul above faithless Judah. 12 Go and call these words to the north, and say, Turn back, O Israel, turning away, says Jehovah; I will not cause my face to fall upon you: for I am merciful, says Jehovah, I will not guard forever.
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:51-52
And Shomeron sinned not according to half thy sins: and thou wilt multiply thine abominations above them, and thou wilt justify thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou didst.
Ezekiel 23:11
And her sister Aholibah will see, and she will corrupt her love more than they, and her fornications more than the fornication of her sister.
Jeremiah 3:8
And I shall see for all the causes that Israel turning away committed adultery, I sent her away and I shall give a writing of her cutting off to her; and her faithless sister Judah was not afraid, and she will go and commit fornication, she also.
Jeremiah 3:22
Turn back, ye sons turning away; I will heal your turnings-away. Behold, we came to thee; for thou Jehovah our God.
Ezekiel 16:47
And thou wentest not in their ways, and thou didst not their abominations: loathing as a little, and thou wilt be corrupted above them in all thy ways.
Hosea 4:16
For as a stubborn heifer Israel was stubborn: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide place.
Hosea 11:7
And my people are bent to turning away from me: and they will call together to the Most High; he will not exalt them.