Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like as this ordinance shall never be taken out of my sight, sayeth the LORD: So shall the seed of Israel never cease, but always be a people before me.
New American Standard Bible
From before Me,” declares the Lord,
“Then the offspring of Israel also will
From being a nation before Me
King James Version
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Holman Bible
this is the Lord’s declaration—
then also Israel’s descendants will cease
to be a nation before Me forever.
International Standard Version
"If these laws cease to function in my presence," declares the LORD, "then the descendants of Israel will cease to be a nation in my presence for all time!"
A Conservative Version
If these ordinances depart from before me, says LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
American Standard Version
If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Amplified
“If this fixed order departs
From before Me,” says the Lord,
“Then the descendants of Israel also will cease
From being a nation before Me forever.”
Bible in Basic English
If the order of these things before me is ever broken, says the Lord, then will the seed of Israel come to an end as a nation before me for ever.
Darby Translation
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
If these laws shall depart from my face, says Jehovah, also the seed of Israel shall cease from being a nation before me all the days.
King James 2000
If those fixed orders depart from before me, says the LORD, then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"If these rules would cease from {before me}," {declares} Yahweh, "also the offspring of Israel would cease from being a nation {before me} {forever}."
Modern King James verseion
if those ordinances depart from Me, says Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me forever.
NET Bible
The Lord affirms, "The descendants of Israel will not cease forever to be a nation in my sight. That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights were to cease to operate before me."
New Heart English Bible
"If these ordinances depart from before me," says the LORD, "then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever."
The Emphasized Bible
If these ordinances depart from before me, Declareth Yahweh, - the seed of Israel also, may cease from being a nation before me, all the days,
Webster
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.
World English Bible
If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
Youngs Literal Translation
If these statutes depart from before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, Even the seed of Israel doth cease From being a nation before Me all the days.
Interlinear
Paniym
Zera`
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 31:36
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Future Prosperity Of God's People
35 "Thus sayeth the LORD which gave the sun to be a light for the day, and the moon and stars to shine in the night: which moveth the sea, so that the floods thereof wax fierce: his name is the LORD of Hosts. 36 Like as this ordinance shall never be taken out of my sight, sayeth the LORD: So shall the seed of Israel never cease, but always be a people before me. 37 Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD: like as the heaven above cannot be measured, and as the foundations of the earth beneath may not be sought out; So will I also not cast out the whole seed of Israel, for that they have committed, sayeth the LORD.
Cross References
Isaiah 54:9-10
And this must be unto me as the water of Noah. For like as I have sworn that I will not bring the water of Noah any more upon the world: so have I sworn, that I will never be angry with thee, nor reprove thee.
Jeremiah 33:20-26
"Thus sayeth the LORD: May the covenant which I have made with day and night be broken, that there should not be day and night in due season?
Psalm 89:36-37
His seed shall endure forever, and his throne is like as the sun before me.
Psalm 148:6
He hath made them fast for ever and ever; he hath given them a law which shall not be broken.
Amos 9:8-9
Behold, the eyes of the LORD are upon the realm that sinneth, to root it clean out of the earth: Nevertheless I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, sayeth the LORD.
Deuteronomy 32:26
I have determined to scatter them throughout the world, and to make away the remembrance of them from among men,
Psalm 72:5
Thou shalt be feared as long as the sun and moon endureth, from one generation to another.
Psalm 72:17
His name shall endure forever; his name shall remain under the sun among the posterities, which shall be blessed in him. And all the heathen shall praise him.
Psalm 102:28
The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall prosper in thy sight.
Psalm 119:89
{Lamed} O LORD, thy word endureth forever in heaven.
Jeremiah 46:28
Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, sayeth the LORD, for I am with thee: and will destroy all nations, among whom I have scattered thee. Nevertheless I will not consume thee, but chasten thee and correct thee: yea and that with discretion: neither will I spare thee as one that were faultless."