Jeremiah 23:23 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 23:23

21 “I^a have not sent these prophets, yet they ran.
I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

22 But if they had stood in My counsel,
And had caused My people to hear My words,
Then they would have ^aturned them from their evil way
And from the evil of their doings.

23 “Am I a God near at hand,” says the Lord,
“And not a God afar off?

24 Can anyone ^ahide himself in secret places,
So I shall not see him?” says the Lord;
^b“Do I not fill heaven and earth?” says the Lord.

25 “I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’

26 How long will this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? Indeed they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,

27 who try to make My people forget My name by their dreams which everyone tells his neighbor, ^aas their fathers forgot My name for Baal.

Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 23:23

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American Standard Version
Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

Amplified® Bible
Am I a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off?

Contemporary English Version
I am everywhere-- both near and far,

Darby English Version
Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

Good News Bible
"I am a God who is everywhere and not in one place only.

King James Version
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

New American Standard Bible
"Am I a God who is near, declares the LORD, "And not a God far off?"

New International Version
"Am I only a God nearby,"
declares the LORD,
"and not a God far away?

New King James Version
“ Am I a God near at hand,” says the LORD,
“ And not a God afar off?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Do you consider me a God who remains near," declares the LORD, "And not a God far off?

Revised Standard Version
"Am I a God at hand, says the LORD, and not a God afar off?

Young's Literal Translation
A God near `am' I -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And not a God afar off?

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