Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, New Living Translation But I will be merciful only if you stop your evil thoughts and deeds and start treating each other with justice; English Standard Version “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another, Berean Standard Bible For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, King James Bible For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; New King James Version “For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor, New American Standard Bible For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a person and his neighbor, NASB 1995 “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, NASB 1977 “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, Legacy Standard Bible For if you truly make your ways and your deeds good, if you truly do justice between a man and his neighbor, Amplified Bible For if you thoroughly change your ways and your behavior, if you thoroughly and honestly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, Christian Standard Bible Instead, if you really correct your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another, Holman Christian Standard Bible Instead, if you really change your ways and your actions, if you act justly toward one another, American Standard Version For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; Contemporary English Version I will keep you safe only if you change your ways and are fair and honest with each other. English Revised Version For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; GOD'S WORD® Translation " 'Suppose you really change the way you live and act and you really treat each other fairly. Good News Translation "Change the way you are living and stop doing the things you are doing. Be fair in your treatment of one another. International Standard Version but rather, truly change your ways and your deeds. If you truly practice justice between each person and his neighbor, Majority Standard Bible For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, NET Bible You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly. New Heart English Bible For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; Webster's Bible Translation For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; World English Bible For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, "" If you thoroughly do judgment "" Between a man and his neighbor, Young's Literal Translation For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour, Smith's Literal Translation For if making good, ye shall make good your ways and your doings; if doing, ye shall do judgment between man and between his neighbor; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor if you will order well your ways, and your doings: if you will execute judgement between a man and his neighbor, Catholic Public Domain Version For if you direct your ways and your intentions well, if you exercise judgment between a man and his neighbor, New American Bible Only if you thoroughly reform your ways and your deeds; if each of you deals justly with your neighbor; New Revised Standard Version For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor if you amend your ways and your doings, you are the temple of the LORD; if you execute justice between a man and his neighbor; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated You are the temple of LORD JEHOVAH if you will beautify your paths and your deeds, and if you will do justice between a man and his neighbor. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Nay, but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour; Brenton Septuagint Translation For if ye thoroughly correct your ways and your practices, and do indeed execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jeremiah's Message at the Temple Gate…4Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’ 5For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another, 6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,… Cross References Isaiah 1:16-17 Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil! / Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” Micah 6:8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Zechariah 7:9-10 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. / Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’ Amos 5:14-15 Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed. / Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.” Ezekiel 18:7-9 He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. / He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men. / He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD. Isaiah 58:6-7 Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? / Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice. Psalm 82:3-4 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed. / Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked. Deuteronomy 10:18-19 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing. / So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. Matthew 23:23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. Luke 3:10-14 The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?” / John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.” / Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?” ... Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Romans 12:9-10 Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good. / Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another. 1 John 3:17-18 If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him? / Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth. Treasury of Scripture For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; For if. Jeremiah 7:3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. Jeremiah 4:1,2 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove… Isaiah 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: if ye throughly. Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, Judges 21:12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. 1 Kings 6:12,13 Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: … Jump to Previous Actions Amend Better Change Changed Deal Deeds Doings Execute Judgment Justice Neighbor Neighbour Practice Really Right Thoroughly Throughly WaysJump to Next Actions Amend Better Change Changed Deal Deeds Doings Execute Judgment Justice Neighbor Neighbour Practice Really Right Thoroughly Throughly WaysJeremiah 7 1. Jeremiah is sent to call to true repentance, to prevent the Jews' captivity.8. He rejects their vain confidence, 12. by the example of Shiloh. 17. He threatens them for their idolatry. 21. He rejects the sacrifices of the disobedient. 29. He exhorts to mourn for their abominations in Tophet; 32. and the judgments for the same. For if you really change The Hebrew word for "change" here is "yāṭab," which implies making something good or right. This is not merely a superficial adjustment but a profound transformation of heart and behavior. In the context of Jeremiah's ministry, this call to change is a plea for genuine repentance. The people of Judah are urged to turn away from their idolatrous practices and return to the covenantal faithfulness that God desires. This transformation is not just about external actions but an internal realignment with God's will. your ways and deeds if you act justly toward one another Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you really change הֵיטֵיב֙ (hê·ṭêḇ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing your ways דַּרְכֵיכֶ֖ם (dar·ḵê·ḵem) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action and deeds, מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֑ם (ma·‘al·lê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 4611: A deed, practice if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you act עָשׂ֤וֹ (‘ā·śōw) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 6213: To do, make justly מִשְׁפָּ֔ט (miš·pāṭ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style toward one אִ֖ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person another, רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (rê·‘ê·hū) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow Links Jeremiah 7:5 NIVJeremiah 7:5 NLT Jeremiah 7:5 ESV Jeremiah 7:5 NASB Jeremiah 7:5 KJV Jeremiah 7:5 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 7:5 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 7:5 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 7:5 French Bible Jeremiah 7:5 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 7:5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways (Jer.) |