Jeremiah 31:39

Jeremiah 31:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
• New International Version (NIV)The measuring line will stretch from there straight to the hill of Gareb and then turn to Goah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the measuring line shall go out farther, straight to the hill Gareb, and shall then turn to Goah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The surveyor’s line shall again extend straight forward over the hill Gareb; then it shall turn toward Goath.

Context of Jeremiah 31:39

37The Lord says, “I will not reject all the descendants of Israel because of all that they have done. That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored,” says the Lord. 38“Indeed a time is coming,” says the Lord, “when the city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt as my special city. It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate. The boundary line will extend beyond that, straight west from there to the Hill of Gareb and then turn southward to Goah. 40The whole valley where dead bodies and sacrificial ashes are thrown and all the terraced fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far north as the Horse Gate will be included within this city that is sacred to the Lord. The city will never again be torn down or destroyed.”

Jeremiah 31:39 word by word

וְיָצָ֨א ע֜וֹד קָ֤ו הַמִּדָּה֙ נֶגְדּ֔וֹ עַ֖ל גִּבְעַ֣ת גָּרֵ֑ב וְנָסַ֖ב גֹּעָֽתָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the measuringמִדָּהmiddâh · measureH4060
• lineקָוֶהqâveh · lineH6961
• lineקַוqav qâv · lineH6957
• shall yet go forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• over against it upon the hillגִּבְעָהgib‛âh · hillH1389
• Garebגָּרֵבgârêb · GarebH1619
• and shall compass aboutסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• to Goathגֹּעָהgô‛âh · GoahH1601

Cross-references for Jeremiah 31:39

• Ezekiel 40:8Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10½ feet.
• Zechariah 2:1(2:5) I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 31:39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39Upon the hill Gareb - Gareb and Goath are out of the limits of this city. The latter is supposed to be Golgotha; that is, the heap of Gotha, which, being the place where our Lord was crucified, was without the city. These hills were a little to the north-west of the old city walls: but are destined to be within the new city. See Dr. Blayney on all these verses.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39Over … Gareb - Or, straight along the hill Gareb. Probably the hill of lepers, outside the old walls, toward the southwest. Goath - Goah. Unknown.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 35-40Verses 35-40 As surely as the heavenly bodies will continue their settled course, according to the will of their Creator, to the end of time, and as the raging sea obeys him, so surely will the Jews be continued a separate people. Words can scarcely set forth more strongly the restoration of Israel. The rebuilding of Jerusalem, and its enlargement and establishment, shall be an earnest of the great things God will do for the gospel church. The personal…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39Gareb and Goah are not mentioned elsewhere in the Bible, but they were likely on the city's west side.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3939. measuring-line--(Eze 40:8; Zec 2:1). Gareb--from a Hebrew root, "to scrape"; Syriac, "leprosy"; the locality outside of the city, to which lepers were removed. Goath--from a root, "to toil," referring to the toilsome ascent there: outside of the city of David, towards the southwest, as Gareb was northwest [Junius].Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 31:39

• Gareb
• Goath
• Jerusalem

In the dictionaries

• Measuring Line
• Gareb
• Goath
• Remember
• Unaccustomed
• Gibeath (1)
• Goah; Goath
• Jeremiah (2)
• Line
• Salvation

Commentaries on Jeremiah 31

• 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