New King James Version
Jeremiah 31:39
39The surveyor’s line shall again extend straight forward over the hill Gareb; then it shall turn toward Goath.
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 Living Translation (NLT)A measuring line will be stretched out over the hill of Gareb and across to Goah.
Context of Jeremiah 31:39
37Thus says the Lord: “If heaven above can be measured, And the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel For all that they have done, says the Lord. 38“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that the city shall be built for the Lord from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. The surveyor’s line shall again extend straight forward over the hill Gareb; then it shall turn toward Goath. 40And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the Lord. It shall not be plucked up or thrown down anymore forever.”
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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
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
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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
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