Jeremiah 23:23
Strong's Lexicon
“Am I [only]
אָ֖נִי (’ā·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis)

a God
הַאֱלֹהֵ֧י (ha·’ĕ·lō·hê)
Article | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

nearby,”
מִקָּרֹ֛ב (miq·qā·rōḇ)
Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7138: 1) near 1a) of place 1b) of time 1c) of personal relationship 1c1) kinship

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: 1) (Qal) utterance, declaration (of prophet) 1a) utterance, declaration, revelation (of prophet in ecstatic state) 1b) utterance, declaration (elsewhere always preceding divine name)

the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

“and not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

a God
אֱלֹהֵ֖י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

far away ?”
מֵרָחֹֽק׃ (mê·rā·ḥōq)
Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7350: adj 1) remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones 1a) of distance, time n m 2) distance 2a) from a distance (with prep)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”

Young's Literal Translation
A God near [am] I—an affirmation of Jehovah, And not a God afar off?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
“Am I a God who is only near ”   — this is the LORD’s declaration  — “and not a God who is far away ?

New American Standard Bible
"Am I a God who is near," declares the LORD, "And not a God far off?

King James Bible
[Am] I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"Am I only a God nearby," declares the LORD, "and not a God far away?

New Living Translation
Am I a God who is only close at hand?" says the LORD. "No, I am far away at the same time.

English Standard Version
“Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away?

New American Standard Bible
"Am I a God who is near," declares the LORD, "And not a God far off?

King James Bible
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"Am I a God who is only near"--this is the LORD's declaration--"and not a God who is far away?

International Standard Version
"Am I a God who is near," declares the LORD, "rather than a God who is far away?

NET Bible
Do you people think that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?" the LORD asks.

American Standard Version
Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

English Revised Version
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

Young's Literal Translation
A God near am I -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And not a God afar off?
















Cross References
Acts 17:27
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:

Psalm 139:1
O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.

Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

Jeremiah 23:22
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

Jeremiah 23:21
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

Jeremiah 23:24
Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 23:25
I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

Jeremiah 23:26
How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
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