Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Leave your orphans. I'll keep them alive. Let your widows trust in me."
New American Standard Bible
And let your
King James Version
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Holman Bible
let your widows trust in Me.
A Conservative Version
Leave thy fatherless sons; I will preserve them alive. And let thy widows trust in me.
American Standard Version
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Amplified
“Leave your orphans behind; I will [do what is needed to] keep them alive.
And let [those who are] your widows trust and confide in Me.”
Bible in Basic English
Put in my care your children who have no father, and I will keep them safe; and let your widows put their faith in me.
Darby Translation
Leave thine orphans, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Julia Smith Translation
Leave thine orphans, I will preserve alive, and thy widows shall trust upon me.
King James 2000
Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Leave your orphans. I will let [them] live. And your widows, let them trust in me."
Modern King James verseion
Leave your orphans; I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in Me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt leave thy fatherless children behind thee, and I will keep them, and thy widows shall take their comfort in me.
NET Bible
Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me."
New Heart English Bible
Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.'
The Emphasized Bible
Leave thy fatherless children I, will preserve them alive, - And thy widows, In me, let them trust.
Webster
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
World English Bible
Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Leave thine orphans -- I do keep alive, And thy widows -- on Me trust ye,
Themes
Fatherless » Promises with respect to
God's Promises » To the widow and fatherless » God's care for
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Chayah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 49:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Edom
10 But I'll strip Esau bare. I'll uncover his hiding places so he cannot conceal himself. His offspring, his relatives, and his neighbors will be destroyed, and he will no longer exist. 11 Leave your orphans. I'll keep them alive. Let your widows trust in me." 12 For this is what the LORD says: "Look, those who don't deserve to drink the cup will surely drink it, and will you actually go unpunished? You won't go unpunished! You will certainly drink it!
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Cross References
Psalm 68:5
A father to orphans and an advocate for widows is God in his holy dwelling place.
Hosea 14:3
Assyria won't save us; we won't be riding on horses, Nor will we be saying anymore to the work of our hands, "You are our God." Indeed, in you the orphan finds mercy.'
Deuteronomy 10:18
He executes justice for the orphan and the widows, loves the foreigner, and gives them food and clothing."
Psalm 10:14-18
But you do see! You take note of trouble and grief in order to take the matter into your own hand. The helpless one commits himself to you; you have been the orphan's helper.
Psalm 82:3
"Defend the poor and the fatherless. Vindicate the afflicted and the poor.
Psalm 146:9
The LORD stands guard over the stranger; he supports both widows and orphans, but makes the path of the wicked slippery.
Proverbs 23:10-11
Don't move ancient boundaries or invade fields belonging to orphans;
Jonah 4:11
So why shouldn't I be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 human beings who do not know their right hand from their left, as well as a lot of livestock?
Malachi 3:5
"I'll come near to you for judgment. I'll be a witness, quick to speak against sorcerers, against adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who defraud the laborer of his wage, against those who defraud the widow and the orphan, against those who deprive the alien of justice, and against those who don't fear me," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
1 Timothy 5:5
A woman who has no other family members to care for her and who is left all alone has placed her hope in God and devotes herself to petitions and prayers night and day.
James 1:27
A religion that is pure and stainless according to God the Father is this: to take care of orphans and widows who are suffering, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.