Jeremiah 1:8
New International Version
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.

New Living Translation
And don’t be afraid of the people, for I will be with you and will protect you. I, the LORD, have spoken!”

English Standard Version
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the LORD.”

Berean Standard Bible
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

King James Bible
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

New King James Version
Do not be afraid of their faces, For I am with you to deliver you,” says the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
“Do not be afraid of them, For I am with you to save you,” declares the LORD.

NASB 1995
“Do not be afraid of them, For I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

NASB 1977
“Do not be afraid of them, For I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not be afraid of them, For I am with you to deliver you,” declares Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
“Do not be afraid of them [or their hostile faces], For I am with you [always] to protect you and deliver you,” says the LORD.

Christian Standard Bible
Do not be afraid of anyone, for I will be with you to rescue you. This is the LORD’s declaration.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Do not be afraid of anyone, for I will be with you to deliver you. This is the LORD’s declaration.

American Standard Version
Be not afraid because of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
You shall not be afraid before them, because I am with you to deliver you, says LORD JEHOVAH"

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Be not afraid before them: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
I promise to be with you and keep you safe, so don't be afraid."

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be not afraid at their presence: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

English Revised Version
Be not afraid because of them: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Don't be afraid of people. I am with you, and I will rescue you," declares the LORD.

Good News Translation
Do not be afraid of them, for I will be with you to protect you. I, the LORD, have spoken!"

International Standard Version
Don't be afraid of them, because I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Be not afraid of them; For I am with thee to deliver thee, Saith the LORD.

Literal Standard Version
Do not be afraid of their faces, for I [am] with you to deliver you,” a declaration of YHWH.

Majority Standard Bible
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.

New American Bible
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you—oracle of the LORD.

NET Bible
Do not be afraid of those to whom I send you, for I will be with you to protect you," says the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.”

New Heart English Bible
Do not be afraid because of them; for I am with you to deliver you," says the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

World English Bible
Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
Be not afraid of their faces, for with thee am I to deliver thee, -- an affirmation of Jehovah.'

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Audio Bible



Context
The Call of Jeremiah
7But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak. 8Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD. 9Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.…

Cross References
Acts 26:17
I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

Exodus 3:12
"I will surely be with you," God said, "and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain."

Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you."

Joshua 1:5
No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Jeremiah 1:19
They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 15:20
Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 20:11
But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.


Treasury of Scripture

Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, said the LORD.

not afraid

Jeremiah 1:17
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

Isaiah 51:7,12
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings…

Ezekiel 2:6,7
And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house…

for I am

Jeremiah 15:20,21
And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD…

Jeremiah 20:11
But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

Exodus 3:12
And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

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Jeremiah 1
1. The time
4. And the calling of Jeremiah
11. His prophetical visions of an almond rod and a seething pot
15. His heavy message against Judah
17. God encourages him with his promise of assistance














(8) Be not afraid.--The words imply, as in those spoken to Ezekiel (Ezekiel 2:6), to St. Peter (Luke 5:10), and St. Paul (Acts 18:9), the fear that sprang from the sense of personal weakness and unfitness to cope with the dangers to which his work exposed him. The "faces" of his adversaries would be a source of terror to him. The consciousness that Jehovah was with him was to raise him from that timidity.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

be afraid
תִּירָ֖א (tî·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten

of them,
מִפְּנֵיהֶ֑ם (mip·pə·nê·hem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I [am]
אֲנִ֛י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

with you
אִתְּךָ֥ (’it·tə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

to deliver you,”
לְהַצִּלֶ֖ךָ (lə·haṣ·ṣi·le·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5002: An oracle

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3069: YHWH


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