Jeremiah 18:9
New International Version
And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted,

New Living Translation
And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom,

English Standard Version
And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,

Berean Standard Bible
And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,

King James Bible
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

New King James Version
And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,

New American Standard Bible
Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;

NASB 1995
“Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;

NASB 1977
“Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;

Legacy Standard Bible
Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it;

Amplified Bible
Or at another time I might [suddenly] speak about a nation or kingdom that I will build up or establish;

Christian Standard Bible
At another time I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At another time I announce that I will build and plant a nation or a kingdom.

American Standard Version
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And if I will speak about a people and about a kingdom, to build and to plant

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if I shall pronounce a decree upon a nation and kingdom, to rebuild and to plant it;

Contemporary English Version
If I promise to make a nation strong,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will suddenly speak of a nation and of a kingdom, to build up and plant it.

English Revised Version
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"At another time I may promise to build and plant a nation or a kingdom.

Good News Translation
On the other hand, if I say that I am going to plant or build up any nation or kingdom,

International Standard Version
At another moment I may speak about a nation or kingdom to build it or plant it.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And at one instant I may speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Literal Standard Version
And the moment I speak concerning a nation, | And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,

Majority Standard Bible
And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom,

New American Bible
At another moment, I may decree concerning a nation or kingdom that I will build up and plant it;

NET Bible
And there are times when I promise to build up and establish a nation or kingdom.

New Revised Standard Version
And at another moment I may declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,

New Heart English Bible
At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

Webster's Bible Translation
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

World English Bible
At the instant I speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it,

Young's Literal Translation
And the moment I speak concerning a nation, And concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Potter and the Clay
8But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. 9And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom, 10and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have appointed you today over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and plant."

Jeremiah 31:28
Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, to demolish, destroy, and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," declares the LORD.

Amos 9:11
"In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,


Treasury of Scripture

And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

to build.

Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.

Jeremiah 11:17
For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.

Jeremiah 30:18
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

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Jeremiah 18
1. Under the type of a potter is shown God's absolute power in disposing of nations.
11. Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt.
18. Jeremiah prays against his conspirators.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And if at another time
וְרֶ֣גַע (wə·re·ḡa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7281: A wink, a very short space of time

I announce
אֲדַבֵּ֔ר (’ă·ḏab·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

that I will build up
לִבְנֹ֖ת (liḇ·nōṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1129: To build

and establish
וְלִנְטֹֽעַ׃ (wə·lin·ṭō·a‘)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5193: To strike in, fix, to plant

a nation
גּ֖וֹי (gō·w)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

or kingdom,
מַמְלָכָ֑ה (mam·lā·ḵāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4467: Kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign


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