Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Jeremiah 31:29 in other translations
| BSB | “In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’ |
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| WEB | “In those days they will say no more, “‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’ |
| ASV | In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge. |
| YLT | In those days they do not say any more: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, And the sons' teeth are blunted. |
| DARBY | In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge: |
| BBE | In those days they will no longer say, The fathers have been tasting bitter grapes and the children's teeth are put on edge. |
| Webster | In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. |
What does Jeremiah 31:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 31:27-34
The people of God shall become numerous and prosperous. In Heb. 8:8,9, this place is quoted as the sum of the covenant of grace made with believers in Jesus Christ. Not, I will give them a new law; for Christ came not to destroy the law, but to fulfil it; but the law shall be written in their hearts by the finger of the Spirit, as formerly written in the tables of stone. The Lord will, by his grace, make his people…
Jeremiah 31:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 31:29
- Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
- Ezekiel 18:2-3
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.
- Jeremiah 31:30
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
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Context
- Jeremiah 31:28
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 31:29
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
- Jeremiah 31:30
But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.
Jeremiah 31:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | En aquellos días no dirán más: Los padres comieron las uvas agraces, y los dientes de los hijos tienen la dentera. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | En ces jours-là on ne dira plus: Les pères ont mangé du raisin vert et les dents des fils en sont agacées. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | In jenen Tagen wird man nicht mehr sagen: Die Väter haben Herlinge gegessen, und die Zähne der Söhne sind stumpf geworden; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In diebus illis non dicent ultra: Patres comederunt uvam acerbam, et dentes filiorum obstupuerunt. |