New English Translation
Jeremiah 29:11
11For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the Lord. ‘I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.
Jeremiah 29:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
- New International Version (NIV)For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Context of Jeremiah 29:11
9They are prophesying lies to you and claiming my authority to do so. But I did not send them. I, the Lord, affirm it!’ 10“For the Lord says, ‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland. For I know what I have planned for you,’ says the Lord. ‘I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope. 12When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers. 13When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
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כִּי֩ אָנֹכִ֨י יָדַ֜עְתִּי אֶת־הַמַּחֲשָׁבֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֧ר אָנֹכִ֛י חֹשֵׁ֥ב עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה מַחְשְׁב֤וֹת שָׁלוֹם֙ וְלֹ֣א לְרָעָ֔ה לָתֵ֥ת לָכֶ֖ם אַחֲרִ֥ית וְתִקְוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For I knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- the thoughtsמַחֲשָׁבָהmachăshâbâh machăshebeth · plotH4284
- that I thinkחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: deviseH2803
- toward you, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- of peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: well-beingH7965
- and not of evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
- to giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- you an expectedתִּקְוָהtiqvâh · hopeH8615
- endאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
Cross-references for Jeremiah 29:11
- Job 23:13But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does.
- Psalms 33:11The Lord’s decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages.
- Psalms 40:5O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount!
- Isaiah 46:10who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, ‘My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,’
- Isaiah 55:8“Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,
- Micah 4:12But they do not know what the Lord is planning; they do not understand his strategy. He has gathered them like stalks of grain to be threshed at the threshing floor.
- Zechariah 1:6But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? Then they paid attention and confessed, ‘The Lord who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.’”
- Zechariah 8:14“For the Lord who rules over all says, ‘As I had planned to hurt you when your fathers made me angry,’ says the Lord who rules over all, ‘and I was not sorry,
- Jeremiah 3:12“Go and shout this message to my people in the countries in the north. Tell them, ‘Come back to me, wayward Israel,’ says the Lord. ‘I will not continue to look on you with displeasure. For I am merciful,’ says the Lord. ‘I will not be angry with you forever.
- Jeremiah 30:18The Lord says, “I will restore the ruined houses of the descendants of Jacob. I will show compassion on their ruined homes. Every city will be rebuilt on its former ruins. Every fortified dwelling will occupy its traditional site.
- Jeremiah 31:1At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the Lord, affirm it!”
- Jeremiah 32:1In the tenth year that Zedekiah was ruling over Judah the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. That was the same as the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
- Jeremiah 33:1The Lord spoke to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse.
- Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
- Isaiah 41:1“Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate!
- Isaiah 42:1“Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 29:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Thoughts of peace - Here God gives them to understand, That his love was moved towards them. That he would perform his good word, his promises often repeated, to them. That for the fulfillment of these they must pray, seek, and search. That he would hearken, and they should find him; provided, 5. They sought him with their whole heart, Jeremiah 29:10-13.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11An expected end - Rather, a future and a hope. The nation shall not come to an end; the exile shall be followed by a restoration.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in their sins, because they love to be flattered; and they speak smoothly to their prophets, that their prophets may speak smoothly to them. God promises that they should return after seventy years were accomplished. By this it appears, that the seventy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The Lord planned to help the exiled people prosper and return to Judah, giving them a future and hope. This promise was for the exiles in Babylon, but it has also given hope to millions of God's people in tough situations.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. I know--I alone; not the false prophets who know nothing of My purposes, though they pretend to know. thoughts ... I think--(Is 55:9). Glancing at the Jews who had no "thoughts of peace," but only of "evil" (misfortune), because they could not conceive how deliverance could come to them. The moral malady of man is twofold--at one time vain confidence; then, when that is disappointed, despair. So the Jews first laughed at God's threats, confident that…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 29
- 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
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