Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
WEB
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
YLT
Leave thine orphans--I do keep alive, And thy widows--on Me trust ye,
DBT
Leave thine orphans, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile