Jeremiah 29 · Verse 11

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Jeremiah 29:11, King James Version

Jeremiah 29:11 in other translations

BSBFor I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
WEBFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says the LORD, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
ASVFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
YLTFor I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.
DARBYFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you in your latter end a hope.
BBEFor I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.
WebsterFor I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

What does Jeremiah 29:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. I know--I alone; not the false prophets who know nothing of My purposes, though they pretend to know. thoughts ... I think--(Is 55:9). Glancing at the Jews who had no "thoughts of peace," but only of "evil" (misfortune), because they could not conceive how deliverance could come to them. The moral malady of man is twofold--at one time vain confidence; then, when that is disappointed, despair. So the Jews first laughed at God's threats, confident that they should speedily return; then, when cast down from that confidence, they sank in inconsolable despondency. expected end--literally, "end and expectation," that is, an end, and that such an end as you wish for. Two nouns joined by "and," standing for a noun and adjective. So in Jr 36:27, "the roll and the words," that is, the roll of words; Ge 3:16, "sorrow and conception," that is, sorrow in conception. Compare Pr 23:18, where, as here "end" means "a happy issue."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Thoughts of peace - Here God gives them to understand, 1. That his love was moved towards them. 2. That he would perform his good word, his promises often repeated, to them. 3. That for the fulfillment of these they must pray, seek, and search. 4. That he would hearken, and they should find him; provided, 5. They sought him with their whole heart, Jer 29:10-13.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 29:8-19

Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in their sins, because they love to be flattered; and they speak smoothly to their prophets, that their prophets may speak smoothly to them. God promises that they should return after seventy years were accomplished. By this it…

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Jeremiah 29:11 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.

כִּי֩kiforH3588
אָנֹכִ֨י'a.no.KhiIH595
יָדַ֜עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI knowH3045
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמַּחֲשָׁבֹ֗תha.ma.cha.sha.Votthe plansH4284
אֲשֶׁ֧ר'a.SherwhichH834
אָנֹכִ֛י'a.no.KhiIH595
חֹשֵׁ֥בcho.Shev[am] planningH2803
עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם'a.lei.Khemon youH5921
נְאֻם\־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מַחְשְׁב֤וֹתmach.she.Votplans ofH4284
שָׁלוֹם֙sha.lOmwell-beingH7965
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
לְרָעָ֔הle.ra.'Ahfor harmH7451
לָתֵ֥תla.Tetto giveH5414
לָכֶ֖םla.Khemto <the> you
אַחֲרִ֥ית'a.cha.Rita futureH319
וְתִקְוָֽה\׃ve.tik.Vahand a hopeH8615

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 29:11

  • Isaiah 55:8-12

    For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. …

  • Psalms 33:11

    The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

  • Micah 4:12

    But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

  • Psalms 40:5

    Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

  • Job 23:13

    But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

  • Lamentations 3:26

    It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 46:10-11

    Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

  • Ezekiel 34:11-31

    For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. …

  • Jeremiah 3:12-19

    Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever. Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord. Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. …

  • Jeremiah 31:1-33

    At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. …

  • Joel 2:28-32

    And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. …

  • Isaiah 40:1-31

    Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I know.
Job 23:13; Ps 33:11; 40:5; Isa 46:10,11; 55:8-12; Mic 4:12; Zec 1:6
Zec 8:14,15
thoughts.
3:12-19; 30:18-22; 31:1-33:26; Isa 40:1-46:13; Eze 34:11-31
Eze 36:1-37:28; 39:1-29; Ho 2:14-23; 3:5; 14:2-9; Joe 2:28-32
Am 9:8-15; Mic 5:4-7; 7:14-20; Zep 3:14-20; Zec 9:9-17; 12:5-10
Zec 14:20,21; Re 14:8-14
expected end. Heb. end and expectation.
La 3:26

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Context

  • Jeremiah 29:10

    For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

  • Jeremiah 29:11

    For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

  • Jeremiah 29:12

    Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

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Jeremiah 29:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque yo sé los pensamientos que tengo acerca de vosotros, dice Jehová, pensamientos de paz, y no de mal, para daros el fin que esperáis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car moi je connais les pensées que je pense à votre égard, dit l’ Éternel, pensées de paix et non de mal, pour vous donner un avenir et une espérance.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn ich weiß ja die Gedanken, die ich über euch denke, spricht Jehova, Gedanken des Friedens und nicht zum Unglück, um euch Ausgang und Hoffnung zu gewähren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ego enim scio cogitationes quas ego cogito super vos, ait Dominus, cogitationes pacis et non afflictionis, ut dem vobis finem et patientiam.