Jeremiah 31:21–22
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — The New International Version (NIV)
21 “Set up road signs;
put up guideposts.
Take note of the highway,
the road that you take.
Return, Virgin Israel,
return to your towns.
22 How long will you wander,
unfaithful Daughter Israel?
The Lord will create a new thing on earth—
the woman will return to the man.”
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — English Standard Version (ESV)
21 “Set up road markers for yourself;
make yourself guideposts;
consider well the highway,
the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
return to these your cities.
22 How long will you waver,
O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
a woman encircles a man.”
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps:
Set thine heart toward the highway,
Even the way which thou wentest:
Turn again, O virgin of Israel,
Turn again to these thy cities.
22 How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter?
For the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth,
A woman shall compass a man.
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — New Living Translation (NLT)
21 Set up road signs;
put up guideposts.
Mark well the path
by which you came.
Come back again, my virgin Israel;
return to your towns here.
22 How long will you wander,
my wayward daughter?
For the Lord will cause something new to happen—
Israel will embrace her God.”
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — New Century Version (NCV)
21 “People of Israel, fix the road signs.
Put up signs to show you the way home.
Watch the road.
Pay attention to the road on which you travel.
People of Israel, come home,
come back to your towns.
22 You are an unfaithful daughter.
How long will you wander before you come home?
The Lord has made something new happen in the land:
A woman will go seeking a man.”
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — American Standard Version (ASV)
21 Set thee up waymarks, make thee guide-posts; set thy heart toward the highway, even the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. 22 How long wilt thou go hither and thither, O thou backsliding daughter? for Jehovah hath created a new thing in the earth: A woman shall encompass a man.
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
21 Set up waymarks, make for thyself signposts; set thy heart toward the highway, the way by which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. 22 How long wilt thou wander about, thou backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath created a new thing on the earth, a woman shall encompass a man.
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
21 Set up landmarks!
Put up road signs!
Remember the highway, the road on which you traveled.
Come back, my dear people Israel, come back to your cities.
22 How long will you wander around, you unfaithful people?
The Lord will create something new on earth:
A woman will protect a man.
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
21 Set up road markers for yourself;
establish signposts!
Keep the highway in mind,
the way you have traveled.
Return, Virgin Israel!
Return to these cities of yours.
22 How long will you turn here and there,
faithless daughter?
For the Lord creates something new in the land —
a female will shelter a man.
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
21 Set up road markers for yourself,
make yourself guideposts;
consider well the highway,
the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin Israel,
return to these your cities.
22 How long will you waver,
O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth:
a woman encompasses a man.
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
21 “Set up for yourself road markers,
make for yourself signposts,
set your mind to the main road,
the road by which you went.
Return, O virgin of Israel,
return to these your cities.
22 How long will you waver, O unfaithful daughter?
For Yahweh has created a new thing on the earth,
a woman, she shelters a man.”
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
21 The Lord says, “Put up road signs.
Set up stones to show the way.
Look carefully for the highway.
Look for the road you will take.
Return, people of Israel.
Return to your towns.
22 How long will you wander,
you people who are not faithful to me?
I will create a new thing on earth.
A woman will guard a man.”
Jeremiah 31:21–22 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
21 “Set up for yourself roadmarks,
Place for yourself guideposts;
Direct your mind to the highway,
The way by which you went.
Return, O virgin of Israel,
Return to these your cities.
22 “How long will you go here and there,
O faithless daughter?
For the Lord has created a new thing in the earth—
A woman will encompass a man.”