Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Else wouldst thou say unto me, 'O my father, thou art he that hast brought me up, and led me from my youth:
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Holman Bible
You were my friend in my youth.
International Standard Version
Have you not just called out to me, "My father, you are the friend of my youth
American Standard Version
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Amplified
“Will you not just now call out to Me,
‘My Father, you were the guide and companion of my youth?
Bible in Basic English
Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?
Darby Translation
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Julia Smith Translation
From the time didst thou not call to me, My father, thou the friend of my youth?
King James 2000
Will you not from this time cry unto me, My father, you are the guide of my youth?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Have you not just now called to me, 'My father, you [are] the close friend of my youth?
Modern King James verseion
Will you not from this time cry to Me, My father, You are the guide of my youth?
NET Bible
Even now you say to me, 'You are my father! You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young.
New Heart English Bible
Will you not from this time cry to me, 'My Father, you are the guide of my youth?'
The Emphasized Bible
Hast thou not from this time, cried unto me, My father! the friend of my youth, art, thou?
Webster
Wilt thou not from this time cry to me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
World English Bible
Will you not from this time cry to me, 'My Father, you are the guide of my youth?'
Youngs Literal Translation
Hast thou not henceforth called to Me, 'My father, Thou art the leader of my youth?
Interlinear
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References
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Fausets
Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 3:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unfaithfulness Of Contemporary Israel
3 This is the cause that the rain and evening dew hath ceased. Thou hast gotten thee a whore's forehead, and canst not be ashamed. 4 Else wouldst thou say unto me, 'O my father, thou art he that hast brought me up, and led me from my youth: 5 Wilt thou then put me away and cast me off for ever? Or wilt thou withdraw thyself clean from me?' Nevertheless, thou speakest such words, but thou art ever doing worse and worse."
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:2
"Go thy way, cry in the ears of Jerusalem, and say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: I remember thee for the kindness of thy youth, and because of thy steadfast love: in that thou followedst me through the wilderness, in an untilled land.
Jeremiah 3:19
"'I have showed also, how I took thee up being but a child, and gave thee a pleasant land for thine heritage; yea, and a goodly Host of the Heathen: and how I commanded thee, that thou shouldest call me Father only, and not to shrink from me.
Psalm 71:17
Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works.
Proverbs 2:17
forsaketh the husband of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Jeremiah 31:9
They departed from hence in heaviness, but with joy will I bring them hither again. I will lead them by the rivers of water in a straight way, where they shall not stumble: For I will be Israel's father, and Ephraim shall be my firstborn.
Hosea 2:15
There will I give her, her vineyards again; yea, and the valley of Achor also, to show her hope and comfort. Then shall she sing there as in the time of her youth, and like as in the day when she came out of the land of Egypt.
Psalm 48:14
For this God is our God for ever and ever; he shall be our guide unto death.
Psalm 71:5
For thou, O LORD God, art the thing that I long for; thou art my hope even from my youth.
Psalm 119:9
{Beth} Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? Even by ruling himself after thy word.
Proverbs 1:4
That the very babes might have wit, and that young men might have knowledge and understanding.
Jeremiah 2:27
For they say to a stock, 'Thou art my father,' and to a stone, 'Thou hast begotten me.' Yea, they have turned their back upon me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble, when they say, 'Stand up and help us!'
Jeremiah 31:18-20
Moreover, I heard Ephraim, that was led away captive, complain on this manner, 'O LORD, thou hast corrected me, and thy chastening have I received, as an untamed calf. Convert thou me, and I shall be converted, for thou art my LORD God.
Hosea 14:1-3
Turn Israel unto the LORD thy God: For thou art fallen for thy wickednesses' sake.
Malachi 2:14
And yet ye say, 'Wherefore?' Even because that whereas the LORD made a covenant betwixt thee and the wife of thy youth, thou hast despised her: Yet is she thine own companion and married wife.