Jeremiah 42:3 “Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and th…”

Jeremiah 42:3

Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.

World English Bible

that the LORD your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do.”

American Standard Version

that Jehovah thy God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

Geneva Bible 1599

That the Lord thy God may shewe vs the way wherein wee may walke, and the thing that we may doe.

Darby Translation

that Jehovah thy God may shew us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

Young's Literal Translation

and Jehovah thy God doth declare to us the way in which we walk, and the thing that we do.'

Bible in Basic English

That the Lord your God may make clear to us the way in which we are to go and what we are to do.

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Cross references

“That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.”

Psalm 86:11 Proverbs 3:6 Jeremiah 6:16 Ezra 8:21 Micah 4:2 Deuteronomy 5:26

Psalm 86:11 · BSB

Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.

Proverbs 3:6 · BSB

in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

Jeremiah 6:16 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

Ezra 8:21 · BSB

And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

Micah 4:2 · BSB

And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and…

Deuteronomy 5:26 · BSB

For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

4“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers. I will not withhold a word from you.”

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