Jeremiah 7 · Verse 5

Jeremiah 7:5

For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
Jeremiah 7:5, King James Version

Jeremiah 7:5 in other translations

BSBFor if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
WEBFor if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
ASVFor if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
YLTFor, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,
DARBYBut if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye really do justice between a man and his neighbour,
BBEFor if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;
WebsterFor if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor;

What does Jeremiah 7:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. For--"But" [Maurer]. judgment--justice (Jr 22:3).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 If ye throughly amend your ways - Literally, If in making good ye fully make good your ways. God will no longer admit of half-hearted work. Semblances of piety cannot deceive him; he will not accept partial reformation; there must be a thorough amendment.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 7:1-16

Confidence in the temple is vain. (Jr 7:1-16) The provocation by persisting in idolatry. (Jr 7:17-20) God justifies his dealings with them. (Jr 7:21-28) And threatens vengeance. (Jr 7:29-34) Verses 1-16 No observances, professions, or supposed revelations, will profit, if men do not amend their ways and their doings. None can claim an interest in free salvation, who allow themselves in the practice of known sin, or…

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Jeremiah 7:5 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.

כִּ֤יkithatH3588
אִם\־'im-exceptH518
הֵיטֵיב֙hei.Teivcertainly <to make good>H3190
תֵּיטִ֔יבוּtei.Ti.vuyou will make goodH3190
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
דַּרְכֵיכֶ֖םdar.khei.Khemways yourH1870
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מַֽעַלְלֵיכֶ֑םma.'a.lei.Khemdeeds yourH4611
אִם\־'im-<if>H518
עָשׂ֤וֹa.Socertainly [if] <to do>H6213
תַֽעֲשׂוּ֙ta.'a.Suyou will doH6213
מִשְׁפָּ֔טmish.PatjusticeH4941
בֵּ֥יןbeinbetweenH996
אִ֖ישׁ'isheveryoneH376
וּבֵ֥יןu.Veinand betweenH996
רֵעֵֽהוּ\׃re.'E.huneighbor hisH7453

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 7:5

  • Jeremiah 7:3

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.

  • Isaiah 1:19

    If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

  • 1 Kings 6:12-13

    Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.

  • Jeremiah 4:1-2

    If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the Lord, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

  • Isaiah 16:3

    Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

  • Ezekiel 18:17

    That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

  • Jeremiah 22:3

    Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Ezekiel 18:8

    He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

  • Judges 21:12

    And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For if.
3; 4:1,2; Isa 1:19
if ye throughly.
Jud 5:1; 21:12; 1Ki 6:12,13; Isa 16:3; Eze 18:8,17

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Context

  • Jeremiah 7:4

    Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.

  • Jeremiah 7:5

    For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

  • Jeremiah 7:6

    If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

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Jeremiah 7:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas si mejorareis cumplidamente vuestros caminos y vuestras obras; si con exactitud hiciereis derecho entre el hombre y su prójimo,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais si vous amendez réellement vos voies et vos actions, si vous faites réellement la justice entre un homme et son prochain,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Sondern wenn ihr eure Wege und eure Handlungen wirklich gut machet, wenn ihr wirklich Recht übet zwischen dem einen und dem anderen,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quoniam si bene direxeritis vias vestras, et studia vestra; si feceritis judicium inter virum et proximum ejus;