Jeremiah 31 · Verse 26

Jeremiah 31:26

Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

Jeremiah 31:26, King James Version

Jeremiah 31:26 in other translations

BSB	At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.
WEB	On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
ASV	Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
YLT	On this I have awaked, and I behold, and my sleep hath been sweet to me.
DARBY	— Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
BBE	At this, awaking from my sleep, I saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.
Webster	Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet to me.

What does Jeremiah 31:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

26. The words of Jeremiah: Upon this (or, By reason of this) announcement of a happy restoration, "I awaked" from the prophetic dream vouchsafed to me (Jr 23:25) with the "sweet" impression thereof remaining on my mind. "Sleep" here means dream, as in Psa 90:5.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 26 Upon this I awaked - It appears that the prophecy, commencing with Jer 30:2 and ending with Jer 31:25 of this chapter, was delivered to the prophet in a dream. Dahler supposes it to be a wish; that the prophet, though he could not hope to live to that time, might be permitted to awake up from his tomb; and, having seen this prosperity, would be content to return to his grave.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 31:21-26

The way from the bondage of sin to the liberty of God's children, is a high-way. It is plain, it is safe; yet none are likely to walk in it, unless they set their hearts towards it. They are encouraged by the promise of a new, unheard-of, extraordinary thing; a creation, a work of Almighty power; the human nature of Christ, formed and prepared by the power of the Holy Ghost: and this is here mentioned as an…

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Jeremiah 31:26 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.

עַל\־'al-onH5921

זֹ֖אתzotthisH2063

הֱקִיצֹ֣תִיhe.ki.Tzo.tiI awokeH6974

וָאֶרְאֶ֑הva.'er.'Ehand I lookedH7200

וּשְׁנָתִ֖יu.she.na.Tiand sleep myH8142

עָ֥רְבָה'A.re.vahit was pleasingH6149

לִּֽי\׃\ \סLito <the> me

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 31:26

Psalms 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Zechariah 4:1-2
And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep, And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ps 127:2; Zec 4:1,2

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Context

Jeremiah 31:25
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
Jeremiah 31:26
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Jeremiah 31:27
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

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Jeremiah 31:26 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	En esto me desperté, y vi, y mi sueño me fué sabroso.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Là-dessus je me suis réveillé, et j’ai regardé, et mon sommeil m’a été doux.
German Elberfelder 1871	Darüber erwachte ich und sah, und mein Schlaf war mir süß.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Ideo quasi de somno suscitatus sum: et vidi, et somnus meus dulcis mihi.