Jeremiah 32 · Verse 27

Jeremiah 32:27

Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?
Jeremiah 32:27, King James Version

Jeremiah 32:27 in other translations

BSB“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
WEB“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for me?
ASVBehold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
YLT‘Lo, I am Jehovah, God of all flesh: For Me is anything too wonderful?
DARBYBehold, I am Jehovah, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?
BBESee, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there anything so hard that I am unable to do it?
WebsterBehold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

What does Jeremiah 32:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. Jehovah retorts Jeremiah's own words: I am indeed, as thou sayest (Jr 32:17), the God and Creator of "all flesh," and "nothing is too hard for Me"; thine own words ought to have taught thee that, though Judea and Jerusalem are given up to the Chaldeans now for the sins of the Jews, yet it will not be hard to Me, when I please, to restore the state so that houses and lands therein shall be possessed in safety (Jr 32:36-44).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 32:26-44

God's answer discovers the purposes of his wrath against that generation of the Jews, and the purposes of his grace concerning future generations. It is sin, and nothing else, that ruins them. The restoration of Judah and Jerusalem is promised. This people were now at length brought to despair. But God gives hope of mercy which he had in store for them hereafter. Doubtless the promises are sure to all believers. God…

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Jeremiah 32:27 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.

הִנֵּה֙hi.Nehhere!H2009
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
יְהוָ֔הYah.weh[am] YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֖י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בָּשָׂ֑רba.SarfleshH1320
הֲֽמִמֶּ֔נִּיhami.Me.ni¿ for meH4480
יִפָּלֵ֖אyi.pa.Le'is it [too] difficultH6381
כָּל\־kol-anyH3605
דָּבָֽר\׃da.VarthingH1697

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 32:27

  • Matthew 19:26

    But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

  • Jeremiah 32:17

    Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

  • Isaiah 64:8

    But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

  • John 17:2

    As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

  • Psalms 65:2

    O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

  • Numbers 27:16

    Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

  • Luke 3:6

    And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

  • Romans 3:29-30

    Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

  • Numbers 16:22

    And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
God.
Nu 16:22; 27:16; Ps 65:2; Isa 64:8; Lu 3:6; Joh 17:2; Ro 3:29,30
is.
17; Mt 19:26

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Context

  • Jeremiah 32:26

    Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,

  • Jeremiah 32:27

    Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

  • Jeremiah 32:28

    Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:

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Jeremiah 32:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
He aquí que yo soy Jehová, Dios de toda carne; ¿encubriráseme á mí alguna cosa?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Voici, je suis l’ Éternel, le Dieu de toute chair; quelque chose est-il trop difficile pour moi?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Siehe, ich bin Jehova, der Gott alles Fleisches; sollte mir irgend ein Ding unmöglich sein?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ecce ego Dominus Deus universæ carnis: numquid mihi difficile erit omne verbum?