Jeremiah 17:16
16 As for me, yI have not hurried away from being a shepherd who follows You,
Nor have I desired the woeful day;
You know what came out of my lips;
It was right there before You.
Jeremiah 17:16 — The New International Version (NIV)
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd;
you know I have not desired the day of despair.
What passes my lips is open before you.
Jeremiah 17:16 — English Standard Version (ESV)
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd,
nor have I desired the day of sickness.
You know what came out of my lips;
it was before your face.
Jeremiah 17:16 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.
Jeremiah 17:16 — New Living Translation (NLT)
16 Lord, I have not abandoned my job
as a shepherd for your people.
I have not urged you to send disaster.
You have heard everything I’ve said.
Jeremiah 17:16 — New Century Version (NCV)
16 Lord, I didn’t run away from being the shepherd you wanted.
I didn’t want the terrible day to come.
You know everything I have said;
you see all that is happening.
Jeremiah 17:16 — American Standard Version (ASV)
16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
Jeremiah 17:16 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
16 But as for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd in following thee, neither have I desired the fatal day, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
Jeremiah 17:16 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
16 I have not run away from being your shepherd,
and I have not longed for the day of destruction.
You know what came out of my mouth.
Jeremiah 17:16 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
16 But I have not run away from being Your shepherd,
and I have not longed for the fatal day.
You know my words were spoken in Your presence.
Jeremiah 17:16 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 But I have not run away from being a shepherd in your service,
nor have I desired the fatal day.
You know what came from my lips;
it was before your face.
Jeremiah 17:16 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
16 But I, I have not run away from being a shepherd who follows you,
and I have not desired the disastrous day.
You, you know the pronouncement of my lips,
it was before your face.
Jeremiah 17:16 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
16 I haven’t run away from being the shepherd of your people.
You know I haven’t wanted the day of Jerusalem’s fall to come.
You are aware of every word that comes from my lips.
Jeremiah 17:16 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
16 But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You,
Nor have I longed for the woeful day;
You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips
Was in Your presence.