Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me.’” New Living Translation But I will protect the orphans who remain among you. Your widows, too, can depend on me for help.” English Standard Version Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in me.” Berean Standard Bible Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.” King James Bible Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. New King James Version Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; And let your widows trust in Me.” New American Standard Bible “Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your widows trust in Me.” NASB 1995 “Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your widows trust in Me.” NASB 1977 “Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your widows trust in Me.” Legacy Standard Bible Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your widows trust in Me.” Amplified Bible “Leave your orphans behind; I will [do what is needed to] keep them alive. And let [those who are] your widows trust and confide in Me.” Christian Standard Bible Abandon your fatherless; I will preserve them; let your widows trust in me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Abandon your fatherless; I will preserve them; let your widows trust in Me. American Standard Version Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Leave your fatherless children; I shall save them, and your widows shall trust on me Brenton Septuagint Translation for thy fatherless one to be left to live, but I shall live, and the widows trust in me. Contemporary English Version But I can be trusted to care for your orphans and widows. Douay-Rheims Bible Leave thy fatherless children: I will make them live: and thy widows shall hope in me. English Revised Version Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Abandon your orphans, and I will keep them alive. Your widows can trust me." Good News Translation Leave your orphans with me, and I will take care of them. Your widows can depend on me. International Standard Version Leave your orphans. I'll keep them alive. Let your widows trust in me." JPS Tanakh 1917 Leave thy fatherless children, I will rear them, And let thy widows trust in Me. Literal Standard Version Leave your orphans—I keep alive, | And your widows—trust on Me, Majority Standard Bible Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.” New American Bible Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive; your widows, let them trust in me. NET Bible Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me." New Revised Standard Version Leave your orphans, I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in me. New Heart English Bible Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me.' Webster's Bible Translation Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. World English Bible Leave your fatherless children. I will preserve them alive. Let your widows trust in me.” Young's Literal Translation Leave thine orphans -- I do keep alive, And thy widows -- on Me trust ye, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Judgment on Edom…10But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more. 11Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.” 12For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.… Cross References Psalm 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation. Hosea 14:3 Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, 'Our gods!' to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion." Zechariah 7:10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.' Treasury of Scripture Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me. thy fatherless Deuteronomy 10:18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. Psalm 10:14-18 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless… Psalm 68:5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. let thy 1 Timothy 5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. Jump to Previous Alive Care Children Faith Fatherless Leave Orphans Preserve Protect Rear Safe Trust WidowsJump to Next Alive Care Children Faith Fatherless Leave Orphans Preserve Protect Rear Safe Trust WidowsJeremiah 49 1. The judgment of the Ammonites6. Their restoration 7. The judgment of Edom 23. of Damascus 28. of Kedar 30. of Hazor 34. and of Elam 39. The restoration of Elam (11) Leave thy fatherless children . . .--Were the words uttered in the stern irony of one who veils & threat in the form of a promise, as some have thought, or was there even in the case of Edom a mingling of pity for the helpless? The latter view seems truer to the prophet's character (Jeremiah 48:36). If the sentence was passed which left the wives of Edom widows, and their children orphans, yet God had not forgotten that He was the God of the widow and the fatherless.Verses 11-13. - A merciful mitigation of the prophet's stern threat. The true God will provide for the widows and orphans, if Edom will but commit them to him. And let not Edom think it strange that he is punished; for even Israel, the chosen people, has drunk of the bitter cup. Yea, Jehovah has sworn "by himself" that all Edom's cities shall be laid waste. Verse 11. - Leave thy fatherless children, etc. The invitation means more than might be supposed. It is equivalent to a promise of the revival of the Edomitish people (comp. on Jeremiah 46:26; 48:47). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Abandonעָזְבָ֥ה (‘ā·zə·ḇāh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit your orphans; יְתֹמֶ֖יךָ (yə·ṯō·me·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3490: A bereaved person I אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I will preserve their lives. אֲחַיֶּ֑ה (’ă·ḥay·yeh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 2421: To live, to revive Let your widows וְאַלְמְנֹתֶ֖יךָ (wə·’al·mə·nō·ṯe·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 490: A widow, a desolate place trust תִּבְטָֽחוּ׃ (tiḇ·ṭā·ḥū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure in Me.” עָלַ֥י (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links Jeremiah 49:11 NIVJeremiah 49:11 NLT Jeremiah 49:11 ESV Jeremiah 49:11 NASB Jeremiah 49:11 KJV Jeremiah 49:11 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 49:11 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 49:11 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 49:11 French Bible Jeremiah 49:11 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 49:11 Leave your fatherless children I will preserve (Jer.) |