Jeremiah 17:7

Literal Standard Version

Blessed [is] the man who trusts in YHWH, || And whose confidence has been YHWH.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The person who trusts in the Lord,whose confidence indeed is the Lord, is blessed.

Hebrew Names Version
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose trust the LORD is.

King James Version
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord , and whose hope the Lord is.

English Standard Version
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord , whose trust is the Lord .

New American Standard Bible
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose trust is the LORD.

New Century Version
"But the person who trusts in the Lord will be blessed. The Lord will show him that he can be trusted.

Amplified Bible
"Blessed [with spiritual security] is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the LORD And whose hope and confident expectation is the LORD.

World English Bible
Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust Yahweh is.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Blessed be the man, that trusteth in ye Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

Legacy Standard Bible
Blessed is the man who trusts in YahwehAnd whose trust is Yahweh.

Berean Standard Bible
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is Him.

Contemporary English Version
But I will bless those who trust me.

Complete Jewish Bible
Blessed is the man who trusts in Adonai ; Adonai will be his security.

Darby Translation
Blessed is the man that confideth in Jehovah, and whose confidence Jehovah is.

Easy-to-Read Version
"But those who trust in the Lord will be blessed. They know that the Lord will do what he says.

George Lamsa Translation
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is in him.

Good News Translation
"But I will bless the person who puts his trust in me.

Lexham English Bible
Blessed be the person who trusts in Yahweh, and Yahweh is his trust.

Literal Translation
Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, and Jehovah is his refuge.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O Blissed is the man, that putteth his trust in the LORDE, and whose hope the LORDE is himself.

American Standard Version
Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.

Bible in Basic English
A blessing is on the man who puts his faith in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose trust the LORD is.

King James Version (1611)
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
O blessed is the man that putteth his trust in the Lorde, and whose hope is in the Lorde hym selfe.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord shall be.

English Revised Version
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Blessid is the man that tristith in the Lord, and the Lord schal be his trist.

Update Bible Version
Blessed is the [noble] man that trusts in Yahweh, and whose trust is Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.

New English Translation
My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me.

New King James Version
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.

New Living Translation
"But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.

New Life Bible
Good will come to the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is in the Lord.

New Revised Standard
Blessed are those who trust in the Lord , whose trust is the Lord .

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Blessed is the man Who trusteth in Yahweh, To whom Yahweh is his ground of confidence;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed be the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord shall be his confidence.

Revised Standard Version
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation
Blessed [is] the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.

THE MESSAGE
"But blessed is the man who trusts me, God , the woman who sticks with God . They're like trees replanted in Eden, putting down roots near the rivers— Never a worry through the hottest of summers, never dropping a leaf, Serene and calm through droughts, bearing fresh fruit every season.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD.

Contextual Overview

⁵Thus said YHWH: "Cursed [is] the man who trusts in man, || And has made flesh his arm, || And whose heart turns from YHWH. ⁶And he has been as a naked thing in a desert, || And does not see when good comes, || And has inhabited parched places in a wilderness, || A salt land, and not inhabited. ⁷Blessed [is] the man who trusts in YHWH, || And whose confidence has been YHWH.⁸And has been as a tree planted by waters, || And he sends forth his roots by a stream, || And he does not see when heat comes, || And his leaf has been green, || And he is not sorrowful in a year of scarcity, || Nor does he cease from making fruit. ⁹The heart [is] deceitful above all things, || And it [is] incurable—who knows it? ¹⁰I, YHWH, search the heart, try the reins, || Even to give to each according to his way, || According to the fruit of his doings. ¹¹A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, || [Is] one making wealth, and not by right, || In the midst of his days he forsakes it, || And in his latter end—he is a fool."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 2:12, Psalms 34:8, Psalms 84:12, Psalms 125:1, Psalms 146:5, Proverbs 16:20, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 30:18, Ephesians 1:12

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:5 - trusted 1 Chronicles 5:20 - because Psalms 1:1 - Blessed Psalms 16:1 - for Psalms 20:8 - but we Psalms 32:1 - Blessed Psalms 32:10 - but Psalms 37:3 - Trust Psalms 40:4 - Blessed Psalms 71:5 - For thou Psalms 78:7 - set Psalms 131:3 - Let Israel Proverbs 3:5 - Trust Proverbs 12:12 - the root Proverbs 22:19 - thy Proverbs 28:25 - he that putteth Isaiah 57:13 - but he Isaiah 61:3 - called Jeremiah 17:17 - thou Jeremiah 39:18 - because Daniel 3:28 - that trusted Nahum 1:7 - that Romans 8:24 - saved Romans 10:11 - Whosoever Ephesians 4:4 - as 1 Timothy 4:10 - because 1 Timothy 6:17 - but Hebrews 6:19 - both 1 Peter 1:21 - your

Cross-References

Genesis 15:18
In that day has YHWH made with Abram a covenant, saying, "To your seed I have given this land, from the River of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River,

Genesis 17:5
and your name is no longer called Abram, but your name has been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made you;

Genesis 17:6
and I have made you exceedingly fruitful, and made you become nations, and kings go out from you.

Genesis 17:7
And I have established My covenant between Me and you, and your seed after you, throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant, to become God to you, and to your seed after you;

Genesis 17:8
and I have given to you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a continuous possession, and I have become their God."

Genesis 17:9
And God says to Abraham, "And you keep My covenant, you and your seed after you, throughout their generations;

Genesis 17:11
and you have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it has become a token of a covenant between Me and you.

Genesis 17:16
and I have blessed her, and have also given to you a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she has become nations—kings of peoples are from her."

Genesis 17:17
And Abraham falls on his face, and laughs, and says in his heart, "Is one born to the son of one hundred years? Or does Sarah—daughter of ninety years—bear?"

Genesis 28:13
and behold, YHWH is standing on it, and He says, "I [am] YHWH, God of your father Abraham, and God of Isaac; the land on which you are lying, to you I give it, and to your seed;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord,.... In the Word of the Lord, as the Targum, in Christ the essential Word of God; see Psalms 2:12 who have a spiritual knowledge of him, and so trust in him, Psalms 9:10 who have seen the vanity and emptiness of all other objects of trust, there being no salvation in them, only in him; who betake themselves to him as their only refuge; lay hold, rest, and rely upon him, as their Saviour; commit their all unto him; trust him with all their concerns, respecting life and salvation, and with their immortal souls; and expect all from him, grace here, and glory hereafter: who trust in his person for their acceptance with God; in his righteousness for their justification; in his blood for the pardon of their sins; in his fulness for the supply of their wants; in his power for protection and preservation; and in all for eternal life and happiness: and such are blessed persons; for they are in the utmost safety; they are as Mount Zion, which can never be removed; they shall want no good thing, temporal or spiritual, proper for them; they enjoy great peace now, and in the world to come everlasting glory:

and whose hope the Lord is; the Word of the Lord, according to the Targum, as before: Christ, who is the Hope of Israel, our hope, and Christ in us the hope of glory, Jeremiah 14:8, whose hope is from the Lord, of which he is the author and giver; and is a good hope, through his grace; and which has the Lord Jesus Christ for its object; who turn in to him as prisoners of hope; and lay hold on him, the hope set before them; and do hope in him for pardoning mercy, salvation, and eternal life. Blessed men! their hope shall not make them ashamed; they shall not be disappointed, Psalms 146:5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin.

Jeremiah 17:6

Like the heath - Or, “like a destitute man” Psalms 102:17. The verbs “he shall see” (or fear) and “shall inhabit” plainly show that a man is here meant and not a plant.

Jeremiah 17:8

The river - Or, “water-course” Isaiah 30:25, made for purposes of irrigation.

Shall not see - Or, “shall not fear Jeremiah 17:6.” God’s people feel trouble as much as other people, but they do not fear it because they know

(1) that it is for their good, and

(2) that God will give them strength to bear it.

Jeremiah 17:9

The train of thought is apparently this: If the man is so blessed Jeremiah 17:7-8 who trusts in Yahweh, what is the reason why men so generally “make flesh their arm”? And the answer is: Because man’s heart is incapable of seeing things in a straightforward manner, but is full of shrewd guile, and ever seeking to overreach others.

Desperately wicked - Rather, mortally sick.

Jeremiah 17:10

The answer to the question, “who can know it?” To himself a man’s heart is an inscrutable mystery: God alone can fathom it.

Ways - Rather, way, his course of life. The “and” must be omitted, for the last clause explains what is meant “by man’s way,” when he comes before God for judgment. It is “the fruit,” the final result “of his doings, i. e., his real character as formed by the acts and habits of his life.

Jeremiah 17:11

Rather, “As the partridge hath gathered eggs which it laid not, so ...” The general sense is: the covetous man is as sure to reap finally disappointment only as is the partridge which piles up eggs not of her own laying, and is unable to hatch them.

A fool - A Nabal. See 1 Samuel 25:25.

Jeremiah 17:12, Jeremiah 17:13

Or, “Thou throne ... thou place ... thou hope ... Yahweh! All that forsake Thee etc.” The prophet concludes his prediction with the expression of his own trust in Yahweh, and confidence that the divine justice will finally be vindicated by the punishment of the wicked. The “throne of glory” is equivalent to Him who is enthroned in glory.

Jeremiah 17:13

Shall be written in the earth - i. e., their names shall quickly disappear, unlike those graven in the rock forever Job 19:24. A board covered with sand is used in the East to this day in schools for giving lessons in writing: but writing inscribed on such materials is intended to be immediately obliterated. Equally fleeting is the existence of those who forsake God. “All men are written somewhere, the saints in heaven, but sinners upon earth” (Origen).

Jeremiah 17:15

This taunt shows that this prophecy was written before any very signal fulfillment of Jeremiah’s words had taken place, and prior therefore to the capture of Jerusalem at the close of Jehoiakim’s life. “Now” means “I pray,” and is ironical.

Jeremiah 17:16

I have not hastened from - i. e., I have not sought to escape from.

A pastor to follow thee - Rather, “a shepherd after Thee.” “Shepherd” means “ruler, magistrate” (Jeremiah 2:8 note), and belongs to the prophet not as a teacher, but as one invested with authority by God to guide and direct the political course of the nation. So Yahweh guides His people Psalms 23:1-2, and the prophet does so “after Him,” following obediently His instructions.

The woeful day - literally, “the day of mortal sickness:” the day on which Jerusalem was to be destroyed, and the temple burned.

Right - Omit the word. What Jeremiah asserts is that he spake as in God’s presence. They were no words of his own, but had the authority of Him before whom he stood. Compare Jeremiah 15:19.

Jeremiah 17:17

A terror - Rather, “a cause of dismay,” or consternation Jeremiah 1:17. By not fulfilling Jeremiah’s prediction God Himself seemed to put him to shame.

Jeremiah 17:18

Confounded - Put to shame.

Destroy them ... - Rather, break them with a double breaking: a twofold punishment, the first their general share in the miseries attendant upon their country’s fall; the second, a special punishment for their sin in persecuting and mocking God’s prophet.