Jeremiah 32 · Verse 40

Jeremiah 32:40

And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Jeremiah 32:40, King James Version

Jeremiah 32:40 in other translations

BSBI will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
WEBI will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good. I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
ASVand I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.
YLTand I have made for them a covenant age-during, in that I turn not back from after them for My doing them good, and My fear I put in their heart, so as not to turn aside from me;
DARBYAnd I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not draw back from them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their heart, that they may not turn aside from me.
BBEAnd I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.
WebsterAnd I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

What does Jeremiah 32:40 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
40. (Jr 31:31, 33; Is 55:3). not depart from me--never yet fully realized as to the Israelites. I will not turn away from them ... good--(Is 30:21). Jehovah compares Himself to a sedulous preceptor following his pupils everywhere to direct their words, gestures. put my fear in ... hearts ... not depart from me--Both the conversion and perseverance of the saints are the work of God alone, by the operation of the Holy Spirit.

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…

Read the full comment on Jeremiah 32:26-44 →

Jeremiah 32:40 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.

וְכָרַתִּ֤יve.kha.ra.Tiand I will makeH3772
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto <the> them
בְּרִ֣יתbe.Rita covenant ofH1285
עוֹלָ֔םo.LamperpetuityH5769
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
אָשׁוּב֙'a.ShuvI will turn backH7725
מֵאַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔םme.'A.cha.rei.Hemfrom after themH310
לְהֵיטִיבִ֖יle.hei.ti.Vito do good to IH3190
אוֹתָ֑ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
יִרְאָתִי֙yir.'a.Tifear myH3374
אֶתֵּ֣ן'e.TenI will putH5414
בִּלְבָבָ֔םbil.va.Vamin heart theirH3824
לְבִלְתִּ֖יle.vil.Tito notH1115
ס֥וּרsurto turn asideH5493
מֵעָלָֽי\׃me.'a.Laifrom with <the> meH5921

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 32:40

  • Jeremiah 31:31-33

    Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

  • Ezekiel 36:26

    A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

  • Jeremiah 24:7

    And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

  • James 1:17

    Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

  • Hebrews 6:13-18

    For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. …

  • 1 Peter 1:5

    Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

  • Isaiah 55:3

    Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  • Ezekiel 39:29

    Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.

  • Jeremiah 50:5

    They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.

  • Hebrews 13:20

    Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

  • 2 Samuel 23:4

    And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

  • Hebrews 7:24

    But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will make.
31:31-33; 50:5; Ge 17:7-13; 2Sa 23:4; Isa 24:5; 55:3; 61:8
Lu 1:72-75; Ga 3:14-17; Heb 6:13-18; 7:24; 13:20
that I.
Eze 39:29; Joh 10:27-30; Ro 8:28-39
from them. Heb. from after them. but I.
31:33; Eze 36:26; Heb 4:1; Jas 1:17; 1Pe 1:5

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Context

  • Jeremiah 32:39

    And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

  • Jeremiah 32:40

    And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

  • Jeremiah 32:41

    Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

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Jeremiah 32:40 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y haré con ellos pacto eterno, que no tornaré atrás de hacerles bien, y pondré mi temor en el corazón de ellos, para que no se aparten de mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et je ferai avec eux une alliance éternelle, que je ne me retirerai point d’auprès d’eux, pour leur faire du bien; et je mettrai ma crainte dans leur cœur, pour qu’ils ne se retirent pas de moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich werde einen ewigen Bund mit ihnen machen, daß ich nicht von ihnen lassen werde, ihnen wohlzutun; und ich werde meine Furcht in ihr Herz legen, damit sie nicht von mir abweichen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et feriam eis pactum sempiternum, et non desinam eis benefacere: et timorem meum dabo in corde eorum, ut non recedant a me.