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Jeremiah 43:4–5

So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies, and all the people did not listend to the voice of Yahweh to stay in the land of Judah. But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies tooke all the remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had been scattered to dwell as aliens in the land of Judah—

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Jeremiah 43:4–5 — The New International Version (NIV)

So Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers and all the people disobeyed the Lord’s command to stay in the land of Judah. Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led away all the remnant of Judah who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered.

Jeremiah 43:4–5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord, to remain in the land of Judah. But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to live in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven—

Jeremiah 43:4–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the Lord, to dwell in the land of Judah. But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah;

Jeremiah 43:4–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

So Johanan and the other military leaders and all the people refused to obey the Lord’s command to stay in Judah. Johanan and the other leaders took with them all the people who had returned from the nearby countries to which they had fled.

Jeremiah 43:4–5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

So Johanan the son of Kareah, all the captains of the forces, and all the people would not obey the voice of the Lord, to remain in the land of Judah. But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to dwell in the land of Judah, from all nations where they had been driven—

Jeremiah 43:4–5 — New Century Version (NCV)

So Johanan, the army officers, and all the people disobeyed the Lord’s command to stay in Judah. But Johanan son of Kareah and the army officers led away those who were left alive from Judah. They were the people who had run away from the Babylonians to other countries but then had come back to live in Judah.

Jeremiah 43:4–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of Jehovah, to dwell in the land of Judah. But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all the nations whither they had been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah;

Jeremiah 43:4–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, hearkened not unto the voice of Jehovah to abide in the land of Judah; but Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations whither they had been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah;

Jeremiah 43:4–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

So Johanan (son of Kareah), all the army commanders, and all the people didn’t obey the Lord. They didn’t stay in Judah. Johanan (son of Kareah) and all the army commanders took all the people who were left in Judah to Egypt. These were all the people who had come back to Judah from the places where they had been scattered.

Jeremiah 43:4–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies did not obey the voice of the Lord to stay in the land of Judah. Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies took the whole remnant of Judah, those who had returned from all the nations where they had been banished to live in the land of Judah for a while—

Jeremiah 43:4–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord, to stay in the land of Judah. But Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to settle in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven—

Jeremiah 43:4–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

So Johanan, the son of Kareah, disobeyed the Lord’s command. So did all of the other army officers and all of the people. They didn’t stay in the land of Judah.

Instead Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all of the other army officers led away all of the people who were left in Judah. Those people had returned to Judah from all of the nations where they had been scattered.

Jeremiah 43:4–5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces, and all the people, did not obey the voice of the Lord to stay in the land of Judah.

But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the entire remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had been driven away, in order to reside in the land of Judah


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