Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
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.
Note ordained: Heb. gave
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Before I.
- Psalm 71:5, 6; Isaiah 49:1, 5; Luke 1:76; Galatians 1:15, 16
- I knew
- Exodus 33:12, 17; Romans 8:29; 2 Timothy 2:19–21
- and before
- Luke 1:15, 41; Romans 1:1
- and I ordained
- Heb. and I gave.
- Ephesians 1:22; Ephesians 4:11, 12