Jeremiah 42 · Verse 20

Jeremiah 42:20

For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
Jeremiah 42:20, King James Version

Jeremiah 42:20 in other translations

BSBFor you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’
WEBFor you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God says, so declare to us, and we will do it.’
ASVFor ye have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according unto all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
YLTfor ye have shewed yourselves perverse in your souls, for ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God, and according to all that Jehovah our God saith, so declare to us, and we have done it;
DARBYFor ye deceived yourselves in your own souls, when ye sent me unto Jehovah your God, saying, Pray for us unto Jehovah our God; and according to all that Jehovah our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
BBEFor you have been acting with deceit in your hearts; for you sent me to the Lord your God, saying, Make prayer for us to the Lord our God, and give us word of everything he may say, and we will do it.
WebsterFor ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me to the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it.

What does Jeremiah 42:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. dissembled in your hearts--rather, "ye have used deceit against your (own) souls." It is not God, but yourselves, whom ye deceive, to your own ruin, by your own dissimulation (Ga 6:7) [Calvin]. But the words following accord best with English Version, ye have dissembled in your hearts (see on Jr 42:3) towards me, when ye sent me to consult God for you.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 20 For ye dissembled in your hearts - What a most miserable and incorrigible people! Ingratitude, hypocrisy, rebellion, and cruelty seem to have been enthroned in their hearts! And what are they still? Just what their fathers were, except in the mere article of idolatry; and that they do not practice because they are indifferent to their own religion and to that of all others. Examine their devotions and their lives, and see whether Charity herself can say they believe in the God of Abraham!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 42:7-22

If we would know the mind of the Lord in doubtful cases, we must wait as well as pray. God is ever ready to return in mercy to those he has afflicted; and he never rejects any who rely on his promises. He has declared enough to silence even the causeless fears of his people, which discourge them in the way of duty. Whatever loss or suffering we may fear from obedience, is provided against in God's word; and he will…

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Jeremiah 42:20 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.

כִּ֣יkiforH3588
הִתְעֵיתֶם֮hit.'e.teimyou caused to errH8582
בְּנַפְשֽׁוֹתֵיכֶם֒be.naf.sho.tei.Khem<in> selves yourH5315
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
אַתֶּ֞ם'a.TemyouH859
שְׁלַחְתֶּ֣םshe.lach.Temyou sentH7971
אֹתִ֗י'o.Ti<obj.> meH853
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
הִתְפַּלֵּ֣לhit.pa.LelprayH6419
בַּעֲדֵ֔נוּba.'a.De.nufor usH1157
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430
וּכְכֹל֩u.khe.Kholand according to allH3605
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherthatH834
יֹאמַ֜רyo.Marhe will sayH559
יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430
כֵּ֥ןkensoH3651
הַגֶּד\־ha.ged-tellH5046
לָ֖נוּLa.nuto <the> us
וְעָשִֽׂינוּ\׃ve.'a.Si.nuand we will do [it]H6213

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 42:20

  • James 1:22

    But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

  • Matthew 22:35

    Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

  • Psalms 18:44

    As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

  • Matthew 22:15-18

    Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?

  • Galatians 6:7

    Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

  • Ezekiel 14:3-4

    Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the Lord will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;

  • Jeremiah 42:2

    And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the Lord thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:)

  • Ezekiel 33:31

    And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.

  • Numbers 16:38

    The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

  • Jeremiah 3:10

    And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord.

  • Psalms 65:3

    Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

  • Jeremiah 17:10

    I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For ye.God made known to the prophet their dissimulation; which he shunned not to declare to them.
3:10; 17:10; Ps 18:44; 65:3; Eze 14:3,4; 33:31; Mt 22:15-18,35
Ga 6:7
dissembled in your hearts. Heb. have used deceit againstyour souls.
Nu 16:38; Jas 1:22
Pray.
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Context

  • Jeremiah 42:19

    The Lord hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day.

  • Jeremiah 42:20

    For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God; and according unto all that the Lord our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.

  • Jeremiah 42:21

    And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you.

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Jeremiah 42:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Por qué hicisteis errar vuestras almas? porque vosotros me enviasteis á Jehová vuestro Dios, diciendo: Ora por nosotros á Jehová nuestro Dios; y conforme á todas las cosas que Jehová nuestro Dios dijere, háznoslo saber así, y lo pondremos por obra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
car vous vous êtes séduits vous-mêmes dans vos âmes quand vous m’avez envoyé vers l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, disant: Prie l’ Éternel, notre Dieu, pour nous, et selon tout ce que l’ Éternel, notre Dieu, dira, ainsi déclare-nous, et nous le ferons.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn ihr habt um den Preis eurer Seelen geirrt. Denn ihr habt mich an Jehova, euren Gott, gesandt und gesprochen: Bete für uns zu Jehova, unserem Gott; und nach allem, was Jehova, unser Gott, sagen wird, also tue uns kund, und wir werden es tun.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quia decepistis animas vestras. Vos enim misistis me ad Dominum Deum nostrum, dicentes: Ora pro nobis ad Dominum Deum nostrum, et juxta omnia quæcumque dixerit tibi Dominus Deus noster, sic annuntia nobis, et faciemus.