Jeremiah 31 · Verse 39

Jeremiah 31:39

And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
Jeremiah 31:39, King James Version

Jeremiah 31:39 in other translations

BSBThe measuring line will once again stretch out straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn toward Goah.
WEBThe measuring line will go out further straight onward to the hill Gareb, and will turn toward Goah.
ASVAnd the measuring line shall go out further straight onward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.
YLTAnd gone out again hath the measuring line Over-against it, unto the height of Gareb, And it hath compassed to Goah.
DARBYAnd the measuring line shall yet go forth before it unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn toward Goath.
BBEAnd the measuring-line will go out in front of it as far as the hill Gareb, going round to Goah.
WebsterAnd the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.

What does Jeremiah 31:39 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
39. measuring-line--(Eze 40:8; Zec 2:1). Gareb--from a Hebrew root, "to scrape"; Syriac, "leprosy"; the locality outside of the city, to which lepers were removed. Goath--from a root, "to toil," referring to the toilsome ascent there: outside of the city of David, towards the southwest, as Gareb was northwest [Junius].

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 39 Upon the hill Gareb - Gareb and Goath are out of the limits of this city. The latter is supposed to be Golgotha; that is, the heap of Gotha, which, being the place where our Lord was crucified, was without the city. These hills were a little to the north-west of the old city walls: but are destined to be within the new city. See Dr. Blayney on all these verses.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 31:35-40

As surely as the heavenly bodies will continue their settled course, according to the will of their Creator, to the end of time, and as the raging sea obeys him, so surely will the Jews be continued a separate people. Words can scarcely set forth more strongly the restoration of Israel. The rebuilding of Jerusalem, and its enlargement and establishment, shall be an earnest of the great things God will do for the…

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Jeremiah 31:39 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.

וְיָצָ֨אve.ya.Tza'and it will go outH3318
ע֜וֹדodagainH5750
קָ֤וke.veh[the] line ofH6957
הַמִּדָּה֙ha.mi.Dah<the> measurementH4060
נֶגְדּ֔וֹneg.Dobefore itselfH5048
עַ֖ל'altoH5921
גִּבְעַ֣תgiv.'At[the] hill ofH1389
גָּרֵ֑בga.RevGarebH1619
וְנָסַ֖בve.na.Savand it will turnH5437
גֹּעָֽתָה\׃go.'A.tahGoah towardsH1601

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 31:39

  • Zechariah 2:1-2

    I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

  • Ezekiel 40:8

    He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 40:8; Zec 2:1,2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 31:38

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.

  • Jeremiah 31:39

    And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.

  • Jeremiah 31:40

    And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.

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Jeremiah 31:39 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y saldrá más adelante el cordel de la medida delante de él sobre el collado de Hareb, y rodeará á Goa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et le cordeau à mesurer sortira encore vis-à-vis d’elle jusqu’à la colline de Gareb et fera le tour jusqu’à Goath;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Meßschnur wird weiter fortlaufen geradeaus über den Hügel Gareb, und sich nach Goah wenden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et exibit ultra norma mensuræ in conspectu ejus super collem Gareb, et circuibit Goatha,