Parallel Verses
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?
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:
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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Word Count of 19 Translations in Jeremiah 3:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unfaithfulness Of Contemporary Israel
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Accordingly the rain has been withheld, and there have been no spring showers. Yet, you have the unashamed (conspicuous) (impudent) look of a prostitute, and you refuse to be ashamed.
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Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:2
Go and announce to Jerusalem, 'This is what Jehovah says: I remember the unfailing loyalty of your youth, the love you had for me as a bride. I remember how you followed me into the desert, into a land that was not sown (farmed).
Jeremiah 3:19
I wanted to treat you like children and give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful property among the nations. I thought you would call me Father and not turn away from me.
Psalm 71:17
O God, You taught me from my youth, and I still declare your wondrous deeds.
Proverbs 2:17
She is unfaithful to her own husband and forgets her sacred vows to God.
Jeremiah 31:9
With weeping they will come. By supplication I will lead them. I will make them walk by streams of waters on a straight path in which they will not stumble. For I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Hosea 2:15
I will give her vineyards from there and the valley of Achor for a door of hope. She will sing there as in the days of her youth and in the day when she came up out of Egypt.
Psalm 48:14
This God is our God forever and ever. He will lead us until death.
Psalm 71:5
Lord Jehovah, I put my hope in you. I have trusted in you since I was young.
Psalm 119:9
How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to your word.
Proverbs 1:4
To give wisdom and refinement to the simple. To the young man knowledge and discretion.
Jeremiah 2:27
You call wood your father. You call stone your mother. You turned your backs, not your faces, to me. But when you are in trouble, you ask me to come and rescue you.
Jeremiah 31:18-20
I hear the people of Israel say in grief, 'Jehovah, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back for we are ready to return to you, Jehovah our God.
Hosea 14:1-3
Return, O Israel, to Jehovah your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity.
Malachi 2:14
You ask: Why do you not accept our offerings? It is because Jehovah is a witness between you and the wife of your youth. The one to whom you have been unfaithful! She is your companion, the wife of your marriage vows.