Jeremiah 1:5 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

Jeremiah 1:5 - “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

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Translations for Jeremiah 1:5

KJVKJV (read chapter in KJV)

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.
Before you were born I set you apart
and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew[fn] you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

I chose you before I formed you in the womb;

I set you apart before you were born.

I appointed you a prophet to the nations.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

“Before^H2962 I formed^H3335 you in the womb^H990 I knew^H3045 you,

And before^H2962 you were born^H3318^H7358 I consecrated^H6942 you;

I have appointed^H5414 you as a prophet^H5030 to the nations^H1471.”

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
And before you were born I consecrated you;
I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

“Before^H2962 I formed^H3335 you in the [fn]innermost^H990 parts^H990 I knew^H3045 you,

And before^H2962 you came^H3318 out^H3318 from the womb^H7358 I set^H6942 you apart^H6942;

I have given^H5414 you as a prophet^H5030 to the nations^H1471.”

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you [and approved of you as My chosen instrument],

And before you were born I consecrated you [to Myself as My own];

I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

"Before I formed you in your mother's womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations."

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

'Before I form thee in the belly, I have known thee; and before thou comest forth from the womb I have separated thee, a prophet to nations I have made thee.'

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I hallowed thee, I appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

Before I formed thee in embryo I knew thee; and before thou wast born I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet to the nations.

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

Before I formed you in the belly I knew you, and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

priusquam te formarem in utero novi te et antequam exires de vulva sanctificavi te prophetam gentibus dedi te

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

«قَبْلَمَا شَكَّلْتُكَ فِي أَحْشَاءِ أُمِّكَ عَرَفْتُكَ، وَقَبْلَمَا وُلِدْتَ أَفْرَزْتُكَ، وَأَقَمْتُكَ نَبِيًّا لِلأُمَمِ».

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

בְּטֶרֶם אצורך בַבֶּטֶן יְדַעְתִּיךָ וּבְטֶרֶם תֵּצֵא מֵרֶחֶם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּיךָ נָבִיא לַגֹּויִם נְתַתִּיךָ׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

πρὸ τοῦ με πλάσαι σε ἐν κοιλίᾳ ἐπίσταμαί σε καὶ πρὸ τοῦ σε ἐξελθεῖν ἐκ μήτρας ἡγίακά σε προφήτην εἰς ἔθνη τέθεικά σε

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

«قَبْلَمَا صَوَّرْتُكَ فِي الْبَطْنِ عَرَفْتُكَ، وَقَبْلَمَا خَرَجْتَ مِنَ الرَّحِمِ قَدَّسْتُكَ. جَعَلْتُكَ نَبِيًّا لِلشُّعُوبِ».

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth from the womb, I sanctified thee; I appointed thee a prophet to the nations.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

Antes que te formase en el vientre te conocí, y antes que salieses de la matriz te santifiqué, te dí por profeta á las gentes.

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

Antes que te formase en el vientre te conocí, y antes que nacieses te santifiqué, te di por profeta a las naciones.

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

我未將你造在腹中、我已曉得你、你未出母胎、我已分別你為聖．我已派你作列國的先知。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

--Antes que yo te formase en el vientre, te conocí; y antes que salieses de la matriz, te consagré y te di por profeta a las naciones.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

내가 너를 복중에 짓기 전에 너를 알았고 네가 태에서 나오기 전에 너를 구별하였고 너를 열방의 선지자로 세웠노라 하시기로

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Avant que je t'eusse formé dans le ventre de ta mère, je te connaissais, et avant que tu fusses sorti de son sein, je t'avais consacré, je t'avais établi prophète des nations.

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Ich kannte dich, ehe denn ich dich im Mutterleibe bereitete, und sonderte dich aus, ehe denn du von der Mutter geboren wurdest, und stellte dich zum Propheten unter die Völker.

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

прежде нежели Я образовал тебя во чреве, Я познал тебя, и прежде нежели ты вышел из утробы, Я освятил тебя: пророком для народов поставил тебя.

SESE (read chapter in SE)

Antes que te formases en el vientre te conocí, y antes que salieses de la matriz te aparté, te di por profeta a los gentiles.

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