Jeremiah 23:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ For who among them has stood in the council of the Lord to perceive and to hear his word, or who has given heed to his word and listened?

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ For who among them has stood in the council of the Lord, that he should perceive and hear His word? Who has marked His word [noticing and observing and giving attention to it] and has [actually] heard it?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ For who hath stood in the council of Jehovah, that he should perceive and hear his word? who hath marked my word, and heard it?

Common English Bible

¹⁸ But who has stood in the LORD’s council to listen to God’s word? Who has paid attention to his word and announced it?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ For who has been present in the counsel of the Lord, and who has seen and heard his word? Who has considered his word and heard it?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ For who hath stood in the counsel of the Lord and hath seen and heard his word? Who hath considered his word and heard it?

Jeremiah 23:18 Cross References

1 Kings 22:24

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “How did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?”

2 Chronicles 18:23

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the Spirit of the Lord go from me to speak to you?”

Job 21:22

Will any teach God knowledge, seeing that he judges those that are on high?

Job 33:31

Give heed, O Job, listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

Psalm 25:14

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes known to them his covenant.

Jeremiah 23:22

But if they had stood in my council, then they would have proclaimed my words to my people, and they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

Amos 3:7

Surely the Lord God does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

John 15:15

No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

1 Corinthians 2:16

“For who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.