Jeremiah 31:36
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Only if these decrees vanish from my sight," declares the LORD, "will Israel ever cease being a nation before me." declares the LORD.

New Living Translation
“I am as likely to reject my people Israel as I am to abolish the laws of nature!”

English Standard Version
“If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the LORD, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever.”

Berean Study Bible
“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”

New American Standard Bible
“If this fixed order departs From Me,” declares the LORD, “Then the descendants of Israel also will cease To be a nation before Me forever.”

NASB 1995
"If this fixed order departs From before Me," declares the LORD, "Then the offspring of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever."

NASB 1977
“If this fixed order departs From before Me,” declares the LORD, “Then the offspring of Israel also shall cease From being a nation before Me forever.”

Amplified Bible
“If this fixed order departs From before Me,” says the LORD, “Then the descendants of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever.”

Christian Standard Bible
If this fixed order departs from before me — this is the LORD’s declaration — only then will Israel’s descendants cease to be a nation before me forever.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If this fixed order departs from My presence-- this is the LORD's declaration-- then also Israel's descendants will cease to be a nation before Me forever.

Contemporary English Version
I will never forget to give those commands, and I will never let Israel stop being a nation. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Good News Translation
He promises that as long as the natural order lasts, so long will Israel be a nation.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Only if these laws stop working, declares the LORD, will Israel's descendants stop being a nation in my presence.

International Standard Version
"If these laws cease to function in my presence," declares the LORD, "then the descendants of Israel will cease to be a nation in my presence for all time!"

NET Bible
The LORD affirms, "The descendants of Israel will not cease forever to be a nation in my sight. That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights were to cease to operate before me."
Classic Translations
King James Bible
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

New King James Version
“If those ordinances depart From before Me, says the LORD, Then the seed of Israel shall also cease From being a nation before Me forever.”

King James 2000 Bible
If those fixed orders depart from before me, says the LORD, then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

New Heart English Bible
"If this fixed order departs from before me," says the LORD, "then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever."

World English Bible
If these ordinances depart from before me, says Yahweh, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.

American King James Version
If those ordinances depart from before me, said the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

American Standard Version
If these ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

A Faithful Version
"If those ordinances depart from Me," says the LORD, "the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me forever."

Darby Bible Translation
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

English Revised Version
If these ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

Webster's Bible Translation
If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
If these ordinances depart out of my sight, saith the Lorde, then shall the seede of Israel cease from being a nation before me, for euer.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Like as this ordinaunce shall neuer be taken out of my sight, saith the Lord: so shall the seede of Israel neuer ceasse, but alway be a people before me.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Like as this ordinaunce shal neuer be taken out of my sight, saieth the LORDE: So shal the sede of Israel neuer ceasse, but all waye be a people before me.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
“If these statutes depart from before Me,” "" A declaration of YHWH, "" “Even the seed of Israel ceases "" From being a nation before Me [for] all the days.”

Young's Literal Translation
If these statutes depart from before Me, An affirmation of Jehovah, Even the seed of Israel doth cease From being a nation before Me all the days.

Smith's Literal Translation
If these laws shall depart from my face, says Jehovah, also the seed of Israel shall cease from being a nation before me all the days.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
If these ordinances shall fail before me, saith the Lord: then also the seed of Israel shall fail, so as not to be a nation before me for ever.

Catholic Public Domain Version
If these laws fail in my sight, says the Lord, then the offspring of Israel will also fail, so that they will not be a people in my sight for all time.”

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
If these courses shall pass away from before me, says LORD JEHOVAH, also the seed of Israel shall come to an end, that they shall not be a nation before me all of their days

Lamsa Bible
If those ordinances depart from before me, says the LORD, then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
If these ordinances depart from before Me, Saith the LORD, Then the seed of Israel also shall cease From being a nation before Me for ever.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
if these ordinances cease from before me, saith the Lord, then shall the family of Israel cease to be a nation before me forever.
















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