11 translations · Hebrew

Jeremiah 32:38

Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

World English Bible

Jeremiah 32:38 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.
KJV King James Version
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
BSB Berean Standard Bible
They will be My people, and I will be their God.
ASV American Standard Version
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
LSV Literal Standard Version
and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God;
FBV Free Bible Version
They will be my people, and I will be their God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God;
DBY Darby Translation
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
WBT Webster’s Bible
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

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
וְהָ֥יוּ wə·hā·yū They will be H1961 הָיָה to be
לִ֖י lî My H9005 ל to/for
לְעָ֑ם lə·‘ām people H5971 עַם people
וַאֲנִ֕י wa·’ă·nî and I H589 אֲנִי I
אֶהְיֶ֥ה ’eh·yeh will be H1961 הָיָה to be
לָהֶ֖ם lā·hem their H9005 ל to/for
לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ lê·lō·hîm God H430 אֱלֹהִים God
  • Jeremiah 24:7

    I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh. They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with their whole heart.

  • Ezekiel 11:19–20

    I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh; that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

  • Psalm 144:15

    Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

  • Hebrews 8:10

    “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days,” says the Lord; “I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

  • Revelation 21:7

    He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.

  • Jeremiah 31:33

    “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says Yahweh: I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Ezekiel 37:27

    My tent also will be with them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.

  • Zechariah 13:9

    I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”

  • Genesis 17:7

    I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.

  • Deuteronomy 26:17–19

    You have declared today that Yahweh is your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice. Yahweh has declared today that you are a people for his own possession, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments. He will make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

36 Now therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says concerning this city, about which you say, “It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:”

37 “Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place. I will cause them to dwell safely.

38 Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

39 I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good, and the good of their children after them.

40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

Read all of Jeremiah 32 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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