Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version How long will you wander, unfaithful Daughter Israel? The LORD will create a new thing on earth— the woman will return to the man.” New Living Translation How long will you wander, my wayward daughter? For the LORD will cause something new to happen— Israel will embrace her God.” English Standard Version How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman encircles a man.” Berean Standard Bible How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.” King James Bible How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. New King James Version How long will you gad about, O you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth— A woman shall encompass a man.” New American Standard Bible “How long will you waver, You rebellious daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: A woman will shelter a man.” NASB 1995 “How long will you go here and there, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth— A woman will encompass a man.” NASB 1977 “How long will you go here and there, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth— A woman will encompass a man.” Legacy Standard Bible How long will you go here and there, O faithless daughter? For Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth— A woman will encompass a man.” Amplified Bible “How long will you hesitate [to return], O you faithless and renegade daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land [of Israel]: A woman will encompass (tenderly love) a man.” Christian Standard Bible How long will you turn here and there, faithless daughter? For the LORD creates something new in the land — a female will shelter a man. Holman Christian Standard Bible How long will you turn here and there, faithless daughter? For the LORD creates something new in the land— a female will shelter a man. American Standard Version How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for Jehovah hath created a new thing in the earth: A woman shall encompass a man. Contemporary English Version Will you ever decide to be faithful? I will make sure that someday things will be different, as different as a woman protecting a man. English Revised Version How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall encompass a man. GOD'S WORD® Translation How long will you wander around, you unfaithful people? The LORD will create something new on earth: A woman will protect a man. Good News Translation How long will you hesitate, faithless people? I have created something new and different, as different as a woman protecting a man." International Standard Version How long will you go this way and that, rebellious daughter? Indeed, the LORD will create a new thing on the earth; a woman will protect a man. Majority Standard Bible How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.” NET Bible How long will you vacillate, you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? For I, the LORD, promise to bring about something new on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!'" New Heart English Bible How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man." Webster's Bible Translation How long wilt thou wander about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. World English Bible How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? For Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth: a woman will encompass a man.” Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionUntil when do you withdraw yourself, O backsliding daughter? For YHWH has prepared a new thing in the land, "" Woman surrounds man.” Young's Literal Translation Till when dost thou withdraw thyself, O backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath prepared a new thing in the land, Woman doth compass man. Smith's Literal Translation How long wilt thou wander about, O daughter turning away? for Jehovah created a new thing in the earth: A female shall go about a male. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHow long wilt thou be dissolute in deliciousness, O wandering daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing upon the earth: A WOMAN SHALL COMPASS A MAN. Catholic Public Domain Version How long will you be absorbed in delights, O wandering daughter? For the Lord has created something new upon the earth: a woman will encompass a man.” New American Bible How long will you continue to hesitate, rebellious daughter? The LORD has created a new thing upon the earth: woman encompasses man. New Revised Standard Version How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth: a woman encompasses a man. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHow long will you hesitate, O backsliding daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing on the earth, a woman shall love her husband. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated How long are you doubting, backsliding daughter? For LORD JEHOVAH has created a new thing in the earth: a female shall passionately love a husband OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917How long wilt thou turn away coyly, O thou backsliding daughter? For the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth: A woman shall court a man. Brenton Septuagint Translation How long, O disgraced daughter, wilt thou turn away? for the Lord has created safety for a new plantation: men shall go about in safety. Audio Bible Context Mourning Turned to Joy…21“Set up the roadmarks, establish the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours. 22How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land— a woman will shelter a man.” 23This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’… Cross References Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel. Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call Him Immanuel” (which means, “God with us”). Luke 1:34-35 “How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” / The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God. Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Micah 5:3 Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel. Galatians 4:4 But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, Revelation 12:5 And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne. Hosea 11:9 I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath. Isaiah 42:9 Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.” Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert. Isaiah 54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD. Isaiah 66:7-8 “Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy. / Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children. Romans 8:3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh, 1 Timothy 2:15 Women, however, will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with self-control. Treasury of Scripture How long will you go about, O you backsliding daughter? for the LORD has created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. How. Jeremiah 2:18,23,36 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? … Jeremiah 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? Jeremiah 13:27 I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be? backsliding. Jeremiah 3:6,8,11,12,14,22 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot… Jeremiah 7:24 But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. Jeremiah 8:4-6 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? … created. Numbers 16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. a woman. Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Jump to Previous Backsliding Changed Compass Court Create Created Daughter Earth Encompass Faithless Hither New Prepared Protects Surround Turn Turning Unfaithful Wander Waver Way Wilt WithdrawJump to Next Backsliding Changed Compass Court Create Created Daughter Earth Encompass Faithless Hither New Prepared Protects Surround Turn Turning Unfaithful Wander Waver Way Wilt WithdrawJeremiah 31 1. The restoration of Israel.10. The publication thereof. 15. Rahel mourning is comforted. 18. Ephraim repenting is brought home again. 22. Christ is promised. 27. His care over the church. 31. His new covenant. 35. The stability, 38. and amplitude of the church. How long will you wander This phrase addresses the persistent waywardness of Israel, often depicted as a wayward or unfaithful daughter. The Hebrew root for "wander" is "שׁוּב" (shuv), which means to turn back or return. This implies a call to repentance and a return to God. Historically, Israel's wandering can be seen in their repeated cycles of disobedience and exile. The question "How long" suggests God's patience and desire for His people to return to Him, emphasizing His enduring love and mercy. O faithless daughter For the LORD has created a new thing in the land a woman will shelter a man A woman shall compass a man.--The verse is obscure, and has received very different interpretations. It will be well to begin our inquiry with the meaning which the translators attached to it. On this point the following quotation from Shakespeare is decisive :-- "If I can check my erring love, I will; If not, to compass her I'll use my skill." Two Gentlemen of Verona, ii. 4. To "compass" is to woo and win. And this gives, it is believed, the true meaning. The Hebrew verb (which presents a striking assonance with the word for "backsliding") means literally "to go round about," and this (as in Psalm 26:6; Psalm 32:7; Psalm 32:10) as an act of reverential tenderness and love. In the normal order of man's life, the bridegroom woos the bride. In the spiritual relationship which the prophet has in view, this shall be inverted, and Israel, the erring but repentant wife, shall woo her Divine husband. The history of Gomer in Hosea 2:14-20 again presents a striking parallel. A like inversion of the normal order is indicated, though with a different meaning, in Isaiah 4:1, where the seven women might be said to "compass" the one man. It may be noticed that the words used express the contrast of the two sexes in the strongest possible form. A female shall compass (i.e., woo) a male, possibly as emphasising the fact that what the prophet describes was an exception to the normal order, not of human society only, but of the whole animal society. By some interpreters (Ewald) the words are rendered "a woman shall be turned into a man;" meaning that the weak shall be made strong, as a kind of contrast to the opposite kind of transformation in Jeremiah 30:6; but this gives a far less satisfactory meaning, and the same may be said of such translations as "the woman shall protect the man," and "a woman shall put a man to flight." The notion that the words can in even the remotest degree be connected with the mystery of the Incarnation belongs to the region of dreams, and not of realities; and, lacking as it does the support of even any allusive reference to it in the New Testament, can only be regarded, in spite of the authority of the many Fathers and divines who have adopted it, as the outgrowth of a devout but uncritical imagination. The word used for "woman," indeed, absolutely excludes the idea of the virgin-birth. . . . Verse 22. - How long wilt thou go about? We must suppose the Israelites to be hesitating whether to set out on their journey or not. They are now admonished to put away their rebellious reluctance, and a special reason for this is added. The Lord hath created - i.e. hath decreed to create - a new thing in the earth (or, in the land); comp. Isaiah 43:19 which suggests that a complete reversal of ordinary experience is indicated, as indeed the word create of itself prepares us to expect. And what is this promise granted as a sign to reluctant Israel? A woman shall compass a man; i.e. instead of shyly keeping aloof, or worse (as hitherto), Israel, Jehovah's bride, shall, with eager affection, press around her Divine husband. The phrase, however, is extremely difficult. Of other explanations, the most plausible philologically is that of Schnurrer and Gesenius, "a woman shall protect a man" (comp. Deuteronomy 32:10). The part of a sentinel, pacing round and round his charge, seems most unfitted for a woman. When enemies are abroad, it is the men's natural duty to perform this part for the women. But in the coming age, the country shall be so free from danger that the places of men and women may safely be reversed. But would a paradox of this kind be likely to be uttered in this connection? Surely a clearer statement would be necessary to remove the reluctance of the Israelites. Vers. 19, 20 suggest that Ephraim needed reassurance as to the attitude of Jehovah towards him. The promise of ver. 22, as explained above, would give precisely the needed strength and comfort. The exposition of St. Jerome and other Fathers, that the birth of Christ from a virgin is referred to, is altogether inadmissible,(1) because the nouns which form the subject and the predicate respectively indicate sex, not age, and the first in particular cannot be tortured so as to mean "virgin;" and (2) there is no article to confine the reference to any particular persons. Hebrew How longעַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while will you wander, תִּתְחַמָּקִ֔ין (tiṯ·ḥam·mā·qîn) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person feminine singular | Paragogic nun Strong's 2559: To wrap, to depart O faithless הַשּֽׁוֹבֵבָ֑ה (haš·šō·w·ḇê·ḇāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7728: Apostate, heathenish, heathen daughter? הַבַּ֖ת (hab·baṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1323: A daughter For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the LORD יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has created בָרָ֨א (ḇā·rā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1254: To create, to cut down, select, feed a new thing חֲדָשָׁה֙ (ḥă·ḏā·šāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 2319: New in the land— בָּאָ֔רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land a woman נְקֵבָ֖ה (nə·qê·ḇāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5347: A female will surround תְּס֥וֹבֵֽב (tə·sō·w·ḇêḇ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround a man.” גָּֽבֶר׃ (gā·ḇer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply Links Jeremiah 31:22 NIVJeremiah 31:22 NLT Jeremiah 31:22 ESV Jeremiah 31:22 NASB Jeremiah 31:22 KJV Jeremiah 31:22 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 31:22 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 31:22 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 31:22 French Bible Jeremiah 31:22 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 31:22 How long will you go here (Jer.) |
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