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Jeremiah 42:3

Guidance and decisionsPrayer

1 Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

2 Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.

Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”

4 “I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers; I will not withhold a word from you.”

5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”
KJV
That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
WEB
that the LORD your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the things that we should do.”
ASV
that Jehovah thy God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.
DARBY
that Jehovah thy God may shew us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.
BLB
that YHWH your God may present to us the way in which we should walk in it, and the thing that we should do.
ÅB
at Herren din Gud vil la oss få vite hvilken vei vi skal gå, og hva vi skal gjøre.
OTB
Be om at Herren din Gud vil vise oss veien vi skal gå og hva vi skal gjøre.»
B1930
at Herren din Gud vil la oss få vite hvilken vei vi skal gå, og hvad vi skal gjøre.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 86:11

    Teach me Your way, O LORD, that I may walk in Your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name.

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  • Proverbs 3:6

    in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

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  • Jeremiah 6:16

    This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

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  • Ezra 8:21

    And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

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  • Micah 4:2

    And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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  • Psalms 25:4–5

    Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:26

    For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

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  • Psalms 143:8–10

    Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

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