Jeremiah 16:17

Jeremiah 16:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
• New International Version (NIV)My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from me, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes.

Context of Jeremiah 16:17

15but, ‘As the Lord lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had banished them.’ For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers. 16“Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen,” declares the Lord, “and they will fish for them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill and from the clefts of the rocks. For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their wrongdoing concealed from My eyes. 18I will first repay them double for their wrongdoing and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and their abominations.” 19Lord, my strength and my stronghold, And my refuge in the day of distress, To You the nations will come From the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood, Futility, and things of no benefit.”

Jeremiah 16:17 word by word

כִּ֤י עֵינַי֙ עַל־כָּל־דַּרְכֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א נִסְתְּר֖וּ מִלְּפָנָ֑י וְלֹֽא־נִצְפַּ֥ן עֲוֹנָ֖ם מִנֶּ֥גֶד עֵינָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• For My eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• are on allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• their waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• they are not hiddenסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• from My faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face ofH6440
• norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• is their wrongdoingעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• concealedצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845

Cross-references for Jeremiah 16:17

• Jeremiah 23:24Can a person hide himself in hiding places So that I do not see him?” declares the Lord. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.
• Jeremiah 32:19great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of mankind, giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds;
• 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord roam throughout the earth, so that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will have wars.”
• Job 34:21“For His eyes are upon the ways of a person, And He sees all his steps.
• Psalms 90:8You have placed our guilty deeds before You, Our hidden sins in the light of Your presence.
• Psalms 139:3You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.
• Proverbs 5:21For the ways of everyone are before the eyes of the Lord, And He observes all his paths.
• Proverbs 15:3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.
• Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from the Lord, And whose deeds are done in a dark place, And they say, “Who sees us?” or “Who knows us?”
• Ezekiel 8:12Then He said to me, “Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each man in the rooms of his carved images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has abandoned the land.’”
• Ezekiel 9:9Then He said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood, and the city is full of perversion; for they say, ‘The Lord has abandoned the land, and the Lord does not see!’
• Luke 12:1Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• 1 Corinthians 4:5Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of human hearts; and then praise will come to each person from God.
• Hebrews 4:13And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must answer.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 16:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17This chastisement arises not from caprice, but is decreed upon full knowledge and examination of their doings.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-21Verses 14-21 The restoration from the Babylonish captivity would be remembered in place of the deliverance from Egypt; it also typified spiritual redemption, and the future deliverance of the church from antichristian oppression. But none of the sins of sinners can be hidden from God, or shall be overlooked by him. He will find out and raise up instruments of his wrath, that shall destroy the Jews, by fraud like fishers, by force like hunters. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-18Jeremiah's message had two parts: Judgment does not remove future hope (Jeremiah 16:14–15) Hope does not eliminate the certainty of judgment (Jeremiah 16:16–18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. (Jr 32:19; Pr 5:21; 15:3). their iniquity--the cause of God's judgments on them.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings