Jeremiah 32:17

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¹⁵ For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.”

¹⁶ After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:

“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!

¹⁸ You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,

¹⁹ the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
KJV: Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
WEB: “Ah Lord GOD! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for you.
ASV: Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,
DARBY: Alas, Lord Jehovah! Behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm; there is nothing too hard for thee:
BLB: “Ah Lord YHWH! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! There is not anything [too] difficult for You—

ÅB: Akk, Herre, Herre! Se, du er den som har gjort himmelen og jorden ved din store kraft og ved din utrakte arm; ingen ting er for vanskelig for deg,
OTB: ‘Å, suverene Herre, Du har skapt himlene og jorden ved Din store kraft og utstrakte arm. Ingenting er for vanskelig for Deg,
B1930: Akk, Herre, Herre! Se, du er den som har gjort himmelen og jorden ved din store kraft og ved din utrakte arm; ingen ting er for vanskelig for dig,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 1:37
For no word from God will ever fail.”
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Jeremiah 32:27
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
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Genesis 18:14
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
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Job 42:2
“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
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Matthew 19:26
Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
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Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
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Jeremiah 27:5
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
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Genesis 1:1–31
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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