Jeremiah 9:13 — Compare Translations

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And the Lord says, Because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them, and have not listened to and obeyed My voice or walked in accordance with it

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And the Lord says, Because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them, and have not listened to and obeyed My voice or walked in accordance with it

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And the Lord answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The LORD said, “It is because they abandoned my instruction, which I set before them, and did not obey my voice or walk according to it.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not hearkened unto my voice, nor walked in it,

English EASY 2024

The Lord answered, ‘It is because my people have not accepted the laws that I gave to them. They have not obeyed me. They have not lived in the way that I told them to live.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The Lord answered, "It is because the people of Judah stopped following my teachings. I gave them my teachings, but they refused to listen to me. They did not follow my teachings.

And the LORD says: "Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in accord with it,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The Lord answered, “This has happened because my people have abandoned the teaching that I gave them. They have not obeyed me or done what I told them.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The Lord answered, "They've abandoned my teachings that I placed in front of them. They didn't obey me, and they didn't follow them.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The LORD said, "It is because they abandoned My law I set in front of them and did not obey My voice or walk according to it.

English KJV 1611

And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

English LSB

Yahweh said, “Because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them, and have not listened to My voice nor walked according to it,

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked in it,

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The LORD said, "Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

but followed rather the hardness of their hearts and the Baals, as their fathers had taught them;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The LORD answered, “This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The Lord answered me, "Because my people have turned away from my law. I gave it to them. But they have not kept it. They have not obeyed me.

English NIV

The LORD said, "It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law.

English NKJ 1982

And the Lord said, “Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked according to it,

English NLT

The LORD replies, "This has happened because my people have abandoned the instructions I gave them; they have refused to obey my law.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

And the LORD says: Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, or walked in accordance with it,

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Yahweh himself supplies the answer: “Because they have rejected my laws, which I gave them, they refused to live as I told them, and they have not listened to my voice.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And the Lord says: “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, or walked in accord with it,

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“Because,“ the Lord replies, “my people have forsaken my commandments and not obeyed my laws.

English Tyndale 1537

Yea the LORD himself told the same unto them, that forsook his law, and kept not the thing that he gave them in commandment, neither lived thereafter: