7But the Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.


In Context

4 The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

5 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

6 "Ah, Sovereign Lord ," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am only a child."

7 But the Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a child.' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.

8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the Lord .

9 Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "Now, I have put my words in your mouth.

Jeremiah 1:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I [am] a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for thou shalt go to whomsoever I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:7And the Lord said to me: Say not: I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee: and whatsoever I shall command thee, thou shalt speak.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:7But Jehovah said unto me, Say not, I am a child; for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:7But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for to whomsoever I shall send thee thou shalt go, and whatsoever I shall command thee thou shalt speak.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7But the LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatever I command thee thou shalt speak.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7But Yahweh said to me, |Don't say, 'I am a child;' for to whoever I shall send you, you shall go, and whatever I shall command you, you shall speak.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:7And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Do not say, I am a youth, for to all to whom I send thee thou goest, and all that I command thee thou speakest.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:7But the LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatever I command you you shall speak.