11 translations · Hebrew
Jeremiah 1:9
Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
Jeremiah 1:9 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
- KJV King James Version
- Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Then Jehovah put forth his hand, and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth:
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And YHWH puts forth His hand, and strikes against my mouth, and YHWH says to me, “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The Lord stretched out his hand, touched my mouth, and told me: “Look, I've put my words in your mouth.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And Jehovah putteth forth His hand, and striketh against my mouth, and Jehovah saith unto me, 'Lo, I have put my words in thy mouth.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Jehovah put forth his hand and touched my mouth; and Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Then the LORD stretched out his hand and touched my mouth. Then the LORD said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And the Lord put forth his hand, and touched my mouth: and the Lord said to me: Behold I have given my words in thy mouth:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח | way·yiš·laḥ | reached out | H7971 שָׁלַח to send: depart |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Then the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| יָד֔וֹ | yā·ḏōw | His hand | H3027 יָד hand |
| וַיַּגַּ֖ע | way·yag·ga‘ | touched | H5060 נָגַע to touch |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | — | H5921 עַל upon |
| פִּ֑י | pî | my mouth | H6310 פֶּה lip |
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | way·yō·mer | and said | H559 אָמַר to say |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | — | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֵלַ֔י | ’ê·lay | to me | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| הִנֵּ֛ה | hin·nêh | Behold | H2009 הִנֵּה behold |
| נָתַ֥תִּי | nā·ṯat·tî | I have put | H5414 נָתַן to give: give |
| דְבָרַ֖י | ḏə·ḇā·ray | My words | H1697 דָּבָר word |
| בְּפִֽיךָ׃ | bə·p̄î·ḵā | in your mouth | H6310 פֶּה lip |
Related verses
- Luke 21:15
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
- Exodus 4:11–12
Yahweh said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, Yahweh? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall speak.”
- Luke 12:12
for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say.”
- Isaiah 51:16
I have put my words in your mouth, and have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and tell Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
- Isaiah 50:4
The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
- Matthew 10:19
But when they deliver you up, don’t be anxious how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you will say.
- Jeremiah 5:14
Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies says, “Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it will devour them.
- Ezekiel 3:10
Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, receive in your heart and hear with your ears all my words that I speak to you.
- Exodus 4:15–16
You shall speak to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. He will be your spokesman to the people; and it will happen, that he will be to you a mouth, and you will be to him as God.
- Isaiah 49:2
He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. He has made me a polished shaft. He has kept me close in his quiver.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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.
8 Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.
9 Then Yahweh stretched out his hand, and touched my mouth. Then Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have put my words in your mouth.
10 Behold, I have today set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to uproot and to tear down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
11 Moreover Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”
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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