Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Jeremiah 17:16
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Berean Standard Bible
But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
As for me, I have not hurried from being a shepherd after you. I haven’t desired the woeful day. You know. That which came out of my lips was before your face.
American Standard Version
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.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Jeremiah 17
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
15 Behold, they keep saying to me, “Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!”
17 Do not become a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
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