Jeremiah 31:27

Literal Standard Version

"Behold, days are coming," || A declaration of YHWH, || "And I have sown the house of Israel, || And the house of Judah, || With seed of man and seed of beast.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Look, the days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of people and the seed of animals.

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will sow the house of Yisra'el and the house of Yehudah with the seed of man, and with the seed of animal.

King James Version
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord , that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

English Standard Version
"Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord , when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of mankind and the seed of animals.

New Century Version
The Lord says, "The time is coming when I will help the families of Israel and Judah and their children and animals to grow.

Amplified Bible
"Behold (listen carefully), the days are coming," says the LORD, "when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

World English Bible
Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of animal.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, the dayes come, saith the Lorde, that I will sowe the house of Israel, and the house of Iudah with the seede of man and with the seede of beast.

Legacy Standard Bible
"Behold, days are coming," declares Yahweh, "when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

Berean Standard Bible
"The days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the offspring of man and of beast.

Contemporary English Version
Someday, Israel and Judah will be my field where my people and their livestock will grow.

Complete Jewish Bible
At that time, just as I used to watch over them with the intent to uproot, break down, overthrow, destroy and do harm; so then I will watch over them to build and plant," says Adonai .

Darby Translation
Behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah [with] the seed of man and the seed of beast.

Easy-to-Read Version
"The days are coming," says the Lord , "when I will help the family of Israel and Judah to grow. I will help their children and animals to grow too. It will be like planting and caring for a plant.

George Lamsa Translation
Behold the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

Good News Translation
"I, the Lord , say that the time is coming when I will fill the land of Israel and Judah with people and animals.

Lexham English Bible
"Look, the days are coming," declares Yahweh, "and I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of humankind, and with the seed of animals.

Literal Translation
Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, even I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and the seed of animal.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde (saieth the LORDE) the dayes come, that I will sowe the house of Israel and the house of Iuda, with men and with catell.

American Standard Version
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

Bible in Basic English
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will have Israel and Judah planted with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down, and to overthrow and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them to build and to plant, saith the LORD.

King James Version (1611)
Behold, the dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will sow the house of Israel, and the house of Iudah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde saith the Lorde, the dayes come that I wyll sowe the house of Israel and the house of Iuda with men and with cattell.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For surely Israel was to thee a laughing-stock, and was found among thy thefts, because thou didst fight against him.

English Revised Version
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! daies comen, seith the Lord, and Y schal sowe the hous of Israel and the hous of Juda with the seed of men, and with the seed of werk beestis.

Update Bible Version
Look, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, the days come saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

New English Translation
"Indeed, a time is coming," says the Lord , "when I will cause people and animals to sprout up in the lands of Israel and Judah.

New King James Version
"Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast.

New Living Translation
"The day is coming," says the Lord , "when I will greatly increase the human population and the number of animals here in Israel and Judah.

New Life Bible
"See, the days are coming," says the Lord, "when I will plant the people of Israel and the people of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of animal.

New Revised Standard
The days are surely coming, says the Lord , when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of humans and the seed of animals.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh - That I will sow, The house of Israel, and The house of Judah, With the seed of men, and With the seed of beasts;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold the days come, saith the Lord: and I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Juda with the seed of men, and with the seed of beasts.

Revised Standard Version
"Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, days are coming, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sown the house of Israel, And the house of Judah, With seed of man, and seed of beast.

THE MESSAGE
"Be ready. The time's coming"— God 's Decree—"when I will plant people and animals in Israel and Judah, just as a farmer plants seed. And in the same way that earlier I relentlessly pulled up and tore down, took apart and demolished, so now I am sticking with them as they start over, building and planting.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast.

Contextual Overview

²⁷"Behold, days are coming," || A declaration of YHWH, || "And I have sown the house of Israel, || And the house of Judah, || With seed of man and seed of beast.²⁸And it has been, as I watched over them to pluck up, || And to break down, and to throw down, || And to destroy, and to afflict; So I watch over them to build, and to plant," || A declaration of YHWH. ²⁹"In those days they no longer say: Fathers have eaten unripe fruit, || And the sons' teeth are blunted. ³⁰But—each dies for his own iniquity, || Every man who is eating the unripe fruit, || His teeth are blunted. ³¹Behold, days are coming," || A declaration of YHWH, || "And I have made a new covenant || With the house of Israel || And with the house of Judah, ³²Not like the covenant that I made with their fathers, || In the day of My laying hold on their hand, || To bring them out of the land of Egypt, || In that they made My covenant void, || And I ruled over them," || A declaration of YHWH. ³³"For this [is] the covenant that I make, || With the house of Israel, after those days," || A declaration of YHWH, || "I have given My law in their inward part, || And I write it on their heart, || And I have been their God, || And they are My people. ³⁴And they do not teach anymore || Each his neighbor, and each his brother, || Saying, Know YHWH, || For they all know Me, from their least to their greatest," || A declaration of YHWH; "For I pardon their iniquity, || And I make no more mention of their sin."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the days: Jeremiah 31:31

that I: Jeremiah 30:19, Ezekiel 36:9, Hosea 2:23, Zechariah 10:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:17 - breed 1 Kings 8:34 - forgive the sin 2 Chronicles 30:9 - so that they shall Jeremiah 3:16 - when Jeremiah 23:5 - the days Jeremiah 30:3 - the days Jeremiah 31:38 - the days Jeremiah 33:14 - General Ezekiel 36:10 - I will Ezekiel 36:11 - I will multiply Ezekiel 36:38 - the waste Ezekiel 37:26 - multiply Zechariah 2:4 - Jerusalem Zechariah 8:5 - playing Hebrews 8:8 - the days

Cross-References

Genesis 4:21
and the name of his brother [is] Jubal, he has been father of everyone handling harp and pipe.

Genesis 31:3
And YHWH says to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers, and to your family, and I am with you."

Genesis 31:5
and says to them, "I am beholding your father's face—that it is not toward me as before, and the God of my father has been with me,

Genesis 31:11
and the Messenger of God says to me in the dream, Jacob, and I say, Here I [am].

Genesis 31:14
And Rachel answers—Leah also—and says to him, "Have we yet a portion and inheritance in the house of our father?

Genesis 31:20
and Jacob deceives the heart of Laban the Aramean, because he has not declared to him that he is fleeing;

Genesis 31:21
and he flees, he and all that he has, and rises, and passes over the River, and sets his face [toward] the Mount of Gilead.

Genesis 31:23
and he takes his brothers with him, and pursues after him a journey of seven days, and overtakes him in the Mount of Gilead.

Genesis 31:26
And Laban says to Jacob, "What have you done that you deceive my heart, and lead away my daughters as captives of the sword?

Genesis 31:31
And Jacob answers and says to Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I said, Lest you violently take away your daughters from me;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord,.... Or, "are coming" k; and will be here shortly:

that I will sow the house of Israel, and the house of Judah, with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast; that is, will multiply both man and beast, so that there shall be a great increase; whereas, through war, famine, pestilence, and captivity, their number was greatly reduced. The allusion is to the sowing of a field with seed, which in due time springs up, and produces a large increase. Some understand this of the spiritual blessing of regeneration; but that is not of corruptible seed, such as is here mentioned, but of incorruptible seed, by the word of God: though this may be a type of the fruitfulness of the church in Gospel times; since afterwards an account is given of the new covenant, which should take place in those times.

k באים "venientes", Montanus, Schmidt; "venturi sunt", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The prophet shows that the happiness of Israel and Judah, united in one prosperous nation, will rest upon the consciousness that their chastisement has been the result of sins which they have themselves committed, and that God’s covenant depends not upon external sanctions, but upon a renewed heart.

Jeremiah 31:27

So rapid shall be the increase that it shall seem as if children and young cattle sprang up out of the ground.

Jeremiah 31:29, Jeremiah 31:30

A sour grape - Better, sour grapes. The idea that Jeremiah and Ezekiel (marginal reference) modified the terms of the second Commandment arises from a mistaken exegesis of their words. Compare Jeremiah 32:18; Deuteronomy 24:16. The obdurate Jews made it a reproach to the divine justice that the nation was to be sorely visited for Manasseh’s sin. But this was only because generation after generation had, instead of repenting, repeated the sins of that evil time, and even in a worse form. justice must at length have its course. The acknowledgment that each man died for his own iniquity was a sign of their return to a more just and right state of feeling.

Jeremiah 31:31

A time is foretold which shall be to the nation as marked an epoch as was the Exodus. God at Sinai made a covenant with His people, of which the sanctions were material, or (where spiritual) materially understood. Necessarily therefore the Mosaic Church was temporary, but the sanctions of Jeremiah’s Church are spiritual - written in the heart - and therefore it must take the place of the former covenant Hebrews 8:13, and must last forever. The prophecy was fulfilled when those Jews who accepted Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah, expanded the Jewish into the Christian Church.

Jeremiah 31:32

Although ... - i. e., although as their husband (or, “lord” (Baal, compare Hosea 2:16)) I had lawful authority over them. The translation in Hebrews 8:9 agrees with the Septuagint here, but the balance of authority is in favor of the King James Version.

Jeremiah 31:33

The old law could be broken Jeremiah 31:32; to remedy this God gives, not a new law, but a new power to the old law. It used to be a mere code of morals, external to man, and obeyed as a duty. In Christianity, it becomes an inner force, shaping man’s character from within.

Jeremiah 31:34

I will forgive their iniquity - The foundation of the new covenant is the free forgiveness of sins (compare Matthew 1:21). It is the sense of this full unmerited love which so affects the heart as to make obedience henceforward an inner necessity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 31:27. I will sow - with the seed of man and with the seed of beast. — I will multiply both men and cattle.