Jeremiah 42:3 Pray that the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."

◄ Jeremiah 42:3 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
Pray that the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do."

English Standard Version
that the LORD your God may show us the way we should go, and the thing that we should do.”

New American Standard Bible
that the LORD your God may tell us the way in which we should walk and the thing that we should do."

King James Bible
That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
that the LORD your God may tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do."

International Standard Version
Pray that the LORD your God may inform us as to how we should live and what we should do."

American Standard Version
that Jehovah thy God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And let the Lord thy God shew us the way by which we may walk, and the thing that we must do.

Darby Bible Translation
that Jehovah thy God may shew us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do.

Young's Literal Translation
and Jehovah thy God doth declare to us the way in which we walk, and the thing that we do.'

Cross References

Psalm 86:11
Teach me your way, O LORD; I will walk in your truth: unite my heart to fear your name.

Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.

Jeremiah 6:16
Thus said the LORD, Stand you in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Micah 4:2
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

42:1-6 To serve a turn, Jeremiah is sought out, and the captains ask for his assistance. In every difficult, doubtful case, we must look to God for direction; and we may still, in faith, pray to be guided by a spirit of wisdom in our hearts, and the leadings of Providence. We do not truly desire to know the mind of God, if we do not fully resolve to comply with it when we know it. Many promise to do what the Lord requires, while they hope to have their pride flattered, and their favourite lusts spared. Yet something betrays the state of their hearts.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. They consulted God, like many, not so much to know what was right, as wishing Him to authorize what they had already determined on, whether agreeable to His will or not. So Ahab in consulting Micaiah (1Ki 22:13). Compare Jeremiah's answer (Jer 42:4) with Micaiah's (1Ki 22:14).