11 translations · Hebrew
Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
Jeremiah 1:5 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
- KJV King James Version
- Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- “Before I form you in the belly, I have known you; and before you come forth from the womb I have separated you; I have made you a prophet to the nations.”
- FBV Free Bible Version
- “I knew exactly who you would be before I created you in your mother's womb; I chose you before you were born to be a prophet to the nations.”
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I hallowed thee, I appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Before I formed thee in embryo I knew thee; and before thou wast born I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet to the nations.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Before I formed thee in the bowels of thy mother, I knew thee: and before thou camest forth out of the womb, I sanctified thee, and made thee a prophet unto the nations.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| בְּטֶ֨רֶם | bə·ṭe·rem | Before | H2962 טֶ֫רֶם before |
| אֶצּוֹרְךָ | ʾɛṣ·ṣō·rə·ḵå̄ | I formed | H3335 יָצַר to form: formed |
| בַבֶּ֙טֶן֙ | ḇab·be·ṭen | you in the womb | H990 בֶּ֫טֶן belly: abdomen |
| יְדַעְתִּ֔יךָ | yə·ḏa‘·tî·ḵā | I knew you | H3045 יָדַע to know |
| וּבְטֶ֛רֶם | ū·ḇə·ṭe·rem | and before | H2962 טֶ֫רֶם before |
| תֵּצֵ֥א | tê·ṣê | you were born | H3318 יָצָא to come out: come |
| מֵרֶ֖חֶם | mê·re·ḥem | — | H7358 רֶ֫חֶם womb |
| הִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֑יךָ | hiq·daš·tî·ḵā | I set you apart | H6942 קָדַשׁ to consecrate: consecate |
| נָבִ֥יא | nā·ḇî | as a prophet | H5030 נָבִיא prophet |
| לַגּוֹיִ֖ם | lag·gō·w·yim | to the nations | H1471 גּוֹי nation |
| נְתַתִּֽיךָ׃ | nə·ṯat·tî·ḵā | [and] appointed you | H5414 נָתַן to give: give |
Related verses
- Psalm 139:16
Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.
- Isaiah 49:1
Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother he has mentioned my name.
- Galatians 1:15–16
But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I didn’t immediately confer with flesh and blood,
- Psalm 71:5–6
For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh; my confidence from my youth. I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.
- Romans 8:29
For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
- Isaiah 49:5
Now Yahweh says, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.
- Isaiah 44:2
This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- 2 Timothy 2:19–21
However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.” Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor. If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.
- Luke 1:41
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
- Luke 1:76
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
3 It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
4 Now Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
5 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don’t know how to speak; for I am a child.”
7 But Yahweh said to me, “Don’t say, ‘I am a child;’ for you must go to whomever I send you, and you must say whatever I command you.
Read all of Jeremiah 1 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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