Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Listen to me, LORD; hear what my accusers are saying! New Living Translation LORD, hear me and help me! Listen to what my enemies are saying. English Standard Version Hear me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of my adversaries. Berean Standard Bible Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying! King James Bible Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. New King James Version Give heed to me, O LORD, And listen to the voice of those who contend with me! New American Standard Bible Give Your attention to me, LORD, And listen to what my opponents are saying! NASB 1995 Do give heed to me, O LORD, And listen to what my opponents are saying! NASB 1977 Do give heed to me, O LORD, And listen to what my opponents are saying! Legacy Standard Bible Do give heed to me, O Yahweh, And listen to the voice of those who contend against me! Amplified Bible Pay attention to me, O LORD [and intercede]; Listen to what my adversaries are saying [and are plotting against me]— Christian Standard Bible Pay attention to me, LORD. Hear what my opponents are saying! Holman Christian Standard Bible Pay attention to me, LORD. Hear what my opponents are saying! American Standard Version Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Pay attention to me, LORD JEHOVAH, and hear the cry of my defrauding! Brenton Septuagint Translation Hear me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my pleading. Contemporary English Version Please, LORD, answer my prayer. Make my enemies stop accusing me of evil. Douay-Rheims Bible Give heed to me, O Lord, and hear the voice of my adversaries. English Revised Version Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. GOD'S WORD® Translation Pay attention to me, O LORD, and listen to what my accusers say. Good News Translation So I prayed, "LORD, hear what I am saying and listen to what my enemies are saying about me. International Standard Version LORD, pay attention to me. Listen to the voice of my accusers! JPS Tanakh 1917 Give heed to me, O LORD, And hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. Literal Standard Version Give attention, O YHWH, to me, | And listen to the voice of those contending with me. Majority Standard Bible Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying! New American Bible Pay attention to me, O LORD, and listen to what my adversaries say. NET Bible Then I said, "LORD, pay attention to me. Listen to what my enemies are saying. New Revised Standard Version Give heed to me, O LORD, and listen to what my adversaries say! New Heart English Bible "Give heed to me, LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me. Webster's Bible Translation Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. World English Bible Give heed to me, Yahweh, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me. Young's Literal Translation Give attention, O Jehovah, unto me, And hearken to the voice of those contending with me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Plot Against Jeremiah18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.” 19Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying! 20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.… Cross References Jeremiah 18:18 Then some said, "Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words." Jeremiah 18:20 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them. Lamentations 3:59 You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause! Treasury of Scripture Give heed to me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of them that contend with me. Give. Jeremiah 20:12 But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. Psalm 55:16,17 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me… Psalm 64:1-4 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy… hearken. 2 Kings 19:16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. Nehemiah 4:4,5 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: … Nehemiah 6:9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. Jump to Previous Accusers Attention Cause Contend Contending Ear Forward Hear Hearken Heed Opponents Plea Thought VoiceJump to Next Accusers Attention Cause Contend Contending Ear Forward Hear Hearken Heed Opponents Plea Thought VoiceJeremiah 18 1. Under the type of a potter is shown God's absolute power in disposing of nations.11. Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt. 18. Jeremiah prays against his conspirators. (19) Give heed to me . . .--This is the prophet's answer to the resolve of the people, "Let us not give heed." He appeals in the accents of a passionate complaint to One who will heed his words. The opening words are almost as an echo of Psalm 35:1.Verses 19, 20. - Them that contend with me. Shall evil, etc.? Compare the phraseology of Psalm 35:1-12 (either Jeremiah imitated this psalm or vice versa); and for another point of contact with this psalm, see on Jeremiah 23:12. They have digged a pit, etc. Comp. Psalm 57:6. To speak good for them. See Jeremiah's intercessions in Jeremiah 14:7-9, 19-22. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Give heedהַקְשִׁ֥יבָה (haq·šî·ḇāh) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 7181: To prick up the ears, hearken to me, אֵלָ֑י (’ê·lāy) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to O LORD. יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel Hear וּשְׁמַ֖ע (ū·šə·ma‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently what my accusers יְרִיבָֽי׃ (yə·rî·ḇāy) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 3401: He will contend, adjective, contentious, an adversary are saying! לְק֥וֹל (lə·qō·wl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6963: A voice, sound Links Jeremiah 18:19 NIVJeremiah 18:19 NLT Jeremiah 18:19 ESV Jeremiah 18:19 NASB Jeremiah 18:19 KJV Jeremiah 18:19 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 18:19 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 18:19 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 18:19 French Bible Jeremiah 18:19 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 18:19 Give heed to me Yahweh and listen (Jer.) |
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