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Jeremiah 17:8

FaithProtection and safetyNew life and rebirthWorry and anxiety

6 He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.

7 But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.

He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

10 I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

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BSB
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
KJV
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
WEB
For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.
ASV
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
DARBY
For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out its roots by the stream, and he shall not see when heat cometh, but his leaf shall be green; and in the year of drought he shall not be careful, neither shall he cease to yield fruit.
BLB
And he shall be planted like a tree by the waters, and [which] by the river sends out its roots; and it does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaf will be green, and in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it will not leave off from producing fruit.
ÅB
Han skal bli lik et tre som er plantet ved vann og skyter sine røtter ut ved en bekk, og som ikke frykter når heten kommer, men alltid har grønne blad, og som ikke sørger i tørre år og ikke holder opp å bære frukt.
OTB
De vil være som et tre plantet ved vannene, som strekker sine røtter ved bekken. Det frykter ikke når varmen kommer; dets blader forblir grønne. Det har ingen bekymringer i et år med tørke og slutter aldri å bære frukt.
B1930
Han skal bli lik et tre som er plantet ved vann og skyter sine røtter ut ved en bekk, og som ikke frykter når heten kommer, men alltid har grønne blad, og som ikke sørger i tørre år og ikke holder op å bære frukt.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 1:3

    He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

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  • Isaiah 58:11

    The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

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  • Ezekiel 47:12

    Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”

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  • Ezekiel 31:4–10

    The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.

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  • Psalms 92:10–15

    But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.

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  • Job 8:16

    He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

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  • Jeremiah 14:1–6

    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

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