Passage
Jeremiah 1.1
Book: Jeremiah · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT
Immediate context (±2 verses)
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ASV (ASV)
"1. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:"
"2. to whom the word of Jehovah came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month." (Jeremiah 1:1-3, ASV)
WEB (WEB)
"1. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin."
"2. Yahweh’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month." (Jeremiah 1:1-3, WEB)
KJV (KJV)
"1. The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:"
"2. To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. 3. It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month." (Jeremiah 1:1-3, KJV)
YLT (YLT)
"1. Words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who [are] in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin,"
"2. unto whom the word of Jehovah hath been in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign, 3. and it is in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, till the completion of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, till the removal of Jerusalem in the fifth month." (Jeremiah 1:1-3, YLT)
Setting
- Speaker: Jeremiah + Baruch (scribe) + LORD direct discourse
- Audience: Judah on the eve of exile + exilic community
- Location: Jerusalem → Egypt (after fall)
- Time period: ministry c. 627-580 BC
Theological reading
Key words
- H1121 - ben, ben (Strong's H1121). Also appears in: Genesis 3, Genesis 4.26, Genesis 6.2.
- H1697 - dabar, dabar (Strong's H1697). Also appears in: Genesis 11, Genesis 12, Genesis 15.1.
- H3548 - kohen, kohen (Strong's H3548). Also appears in: Genesis 14.18-20, Exodus 3, Leviticus 1.
Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
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