Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
and will give you shepherds according to mine own heart, - who will feed you with knowledge and discretion.
New American Standard Bible
“Then I will give you
King James Version
And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Holman Bible
I will give you shepherds who are loyal to Me,
International Standard Version
I'll give you shepherds after my own heart, and they'll shepherd you with knowledge and good sense."
American Standard Version
and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Amplified
“Then [in the final time] I will give you [spiritual] shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and [true] understanding.
Bible in Basic English
And I will give you keepers, pleasing to my heart, who will give you your food with knowledge and wisdom.
Darby Translation
And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Julia Smith Translation
And I gave to you shepherds according to my heart, and they fed you with knowledge and understanding.
King James 2000
And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then I will give you shepherds after my own heart and they will feed you knowledge and insight.
Modern King James verseion
And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and I will give you herdsmen after mine own mind, which shall feed you with learning and wisdom.
NET Bible
I will give you leaders who will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and insight.
New Heart English Bible
I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Webster
And I will give you pastors according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
World English Bible
I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.
Themes
Jesus Christ, Deity Of » As giver of pastors to the church
Church » Compared to a flock » Ministers as under-shepherds of
Church » God provides ministers for
The church » God provides ministers for
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Spiritual food » General references to
Leaders » Preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Work of preaching » As shepherds to feed the flock
Ministers » Remuneration of » Shepherds
Ministers » Are bound, to » Feed the church
Names » Of ministers » Pastors
Religious » Support of unfaithful » As shepherds to feed the flock
Shepherds/pastors » What pastors are for
Spiritual » Fellowship with Christ » Food
Titles and names of ministers » Pastors
God, Trinity » Each person in, described as » Supplying ministers to the church
Interlinear
Nathan
Ra`ah
Leb
Ra`ah
References
Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 3:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call For Repentance
14 Return, ye apostate sons, Urgeth Yahweh, for, I, am become your husband, - therefore will I take you one of a city, and two of a family, and will bring you to Zion; 15 and will give you shepherds according to mine own heart, - who will feed you with knowledge and discretion. 16 And it shall come to pass when ye shall be multiplied and become fruitful in the land, in those days, Declareth Yahweh, They shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Yahweh, Neither shall it come up on the heart, Neither shall they remember it, Neither shall they miss it, Neither shall it be made any more.
Cross References
Acts 20:28
Be taking heed unto yourselves, and unto all the little flock in which the Holy Spirit hath set, you, as overseers, - to be shepherding the assembly of God which he hath acquired through means of the blood of his own.
Jeremiah 23:4
And I will raise up over them shepherds who will tend them, - So shall they not be afraid any more, nor be dismayed nor be missing, Declareth Yahweh.
Ezekiel 34:23
And I will raise up over them one shepherd And he shall tend them, Even my servant David, - Hell will tend them, And libel will become to them a shepherd;
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
I, therefore, brethren, have not been able to speak unto you, as unto men of the Spirit, but as unto men of the flesh - as unto babes in Christ: -
Ephesians 4:11-12
And, he, gave - some, indeed, to be apostles, and some, prophets, and some, evangelists, and some, shepherds and teachers, -
John 10:1-5
Verily, verily, I say unto you: - He that entereth not, through the door, into the fold of the sheep, but goeth up from another place, that man, is, a thief, and, a robber.
John 21:15-17
When, therefore, they had broken their fast, Jesus saith unto Simon Peter - Simon, son of John! lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him - Yea, Lord! thou, knowest that I am fond of thee, he saith unto him - Be feeding my lambs.
1 Samuel 13:14
Whereas, now, shall thy kingdom not be established, - Yahweh hath sought out for him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh hath commanded him to be leader over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Yahweh commanded thee.
Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous, feed multitudes, but, the foolish, for lack of sense, shall die.
Isaiah 30:20-21
Though My Lord, should give you bread in short measure and water in scant allowance Yet will thy Teacher not hide himself any more, But thine eyes shall ever be looking on thy Teacher.
Ezekiel 37:24
And my servant David shall be king over them, And one shepherd, shall they all have, And in my regulations, shall they walk, And my statutes, shall they observe and do them.
Micah 5:4-5
Then shall he stand, and tend his flock in the strength of Yahweh, In the excellency of the name of Yahweh his God, have they endured, - For, now, shall he be great unto the ends of the earth;
Luke 12:42
And the Lord said - Who then is the faithful steward, the prudent one, whom the lord will appoint over his body of attendants, to be giving, in due season, the measured allowance of wheat?
1 Corinthians 2:6
Wisdom, however, we do speak, among the full-grown, - wisdom, indeed, not of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are to come to nought;
1 Corinthians 2:12-13
But, as for us, - not the spirit of the world, have we received, but the Spirit which is of God, - that we might know the things which, by God, have been given in favour unto us: -
Hebrews 5:12-14
For, even when ye ought to be teachers, by reason of the time, again, have ye, need, that one be teaching, you, what are the first principles of the oracles of God, and have become such as have, need, of milk, not, of strong food;
1 Peter 2:2
As new-born babes, for the pure milk that is for the mind, eagerly crave, that, thereby, ye may grow unto salvation: -
1 Peter 5:1-4
Elders, therefore, among you, I exhort - I who am their co-elder and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, who also, in the glory about to be revealed, have, a share; -