Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Be not afraid because of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.
WEB
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
YLT
Be not afraid of their faces, for with thee am I to deliver thee, --an affirmation of Jehovah.'
DBT
Be not afraid of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile