Jeremiah 1 · Verse 19

Jeremiah 1:19

And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.
Jeremiah 1:19, King James Version

Jeremiah 1:19 in other translations

BSBThey will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
WEBThey will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says the LORD, “to rescue you.”
ASVAnd they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.
YLTand they have fought against thee, and they prevail not against thee; for with thee am I, --an affirmation of Jehovah--to deliver thee.
DARBYAnd they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee.
BBEThey will be fighting against you, but they will not overcome you: for I am with you, says the Lord, to give you salvation.
WebsterAnd they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.

What does Jeremiah 1:19 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 They shall not prevail against thee - Because I am determined to defend and support thee against all thy enemies. One of the ancients has said, Θεου θελοντος, και επι ῥιπος πλεῃ Σωζῃ· Thestius, apud Theophil. ad Autolyc. lib. 2: "God protecting thee, though thou wert at sea upon a twig, thou shouldst be safe."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 1:11-19

God gave Jeremiah a view of the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. The almond-tree, which is more forward in the spring than any other, represented the speedy approach of judgments. God also showed whence the intended ruin should arise. Jeremiah saw a seething-pot boiling, representing Jerusalem and Judah in great commotion. The mouth or face of the furnace or hearth, was toward the north; from…

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Jeremiah 1:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּve.nil.cha.Muand they will fightH3898
אֵלֶ֖יךָ'e.Lei.khaagainst youH413
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
י֣וּכְלוּYu.khe.luthey will prevailH3201
לָ֑ךְLakhto <the> you
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
אִתְּךָ֥'i.te.Kha[will be] with youH854
אֲנִ֛י'a.NiIH589
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לְהַצִּילֶֽךָ\׃\ \פle.ha.tzi.Le.khato deliver youH5337

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 1:19

  • Joshua 1:9

    Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

  • Jeremiah 1:8

    Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 20:11

    But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

  • Psalms 129:2

    Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

  • Jeremiah 29:25-32

    Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you? For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. …

  • Jeremiah 11:19

    But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

  • Jeremiah 15:10-21

    Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. …

  • Jeremiah 26:11-24

    Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. …

  • Jeremiah 37:11-21

    And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. …

  • Jeremiah 20:1-6

    Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord. And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. …

  • Jeremiah 38:6-13

    Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. Now when Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; Ebed–melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying, My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And they.
11:19; 15:10-21; 20:1-6; 26:11-24; 29:25-32; 37:11-21; 38:6-13
Ps 129:2
for I am.
8; 15:20,21; Jos 1:9

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Context

  • Jeremiah 1:18

    For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.

  • Jeremiah 1:19

    And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee.

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Jeremiah 1:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y pelearán contra ti, mas no te vencerán; porque yo soy contigo, dice Jehová, para librarte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils combattront contre toi, mais ils ne prévaudront pas sur toi, car moi je suis avec toi, dit l’ Éternel, pour te délivrer.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie werden gegen dich streiten, aber dich nicht überwältigen; denn ich bin mit dir, spricht Jehova, um dich zu erretten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et bellabunt adversum te, et non prævalebunt, quia ego tecum sum, ait Dominus, ut liberem te.