Jeremiah 29:11 KJV

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Thou and Ye

  • you more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Jeremiah 29:8–19Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to be revelations from...

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Isaiah 55:8–12 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. …
  • Psalms 33:11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.
  • Psalms 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
  • Micah 4:12 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
  • Job 23:13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

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  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • For I know אָנֹכִי ʾānōkî Pronoun · first person common singular יָדַעְתִּי yādaʿtî יָדַע Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
  • the thoughts אֶת ʾet Object marker הַמַּחֲשָׁבֹת hammaḥăšābōt מַחֲשָׁבָה Noun · feminine plural · with the
  • that I think כִּי kî Conjunction אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative אָנֹכִי ʾānōkî Pronoun · first person common singular חֹשֵׁב ḥōšēb חָשַׁב Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
  • toward you, saith עֲלֵיכֶם ʿălêkem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural נְאֻם nĕʾum נְאֻם Noun · masculine singular construct
  • the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • thoughts מַחְשְׁבוֹת maḥšĕbôt מַחֲשָׁבָה Noun · feminine plural construct
  • of peace שָׁלוֹם šālôm שָׁלוֹם Noun · masculine singular
  • and not of evil וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and לְרָעָה lĕrāʿâ רַע Noun · feminine singular · with preposition
  • to give לָתֵת lātēt נָתַן Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
  • you an expected וְתִקְוָה wĕtiqwâ תִּקְוָה Noun · feminine singular · with and
  • end לָכֶם lākem Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine plural אַחֲרִית ʾaḥărît אַחֲרִית Noun · feminine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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