How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to thy word.
Jeremiah 3:4 - Revised Standard Version Have you not just now called to me, ‘My father, thou art the friend of my youth— Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Have you not just now cried to Me: My Father, You were the guide and companion of my youth? American Standard Version (1901) Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth? Common English Bible At the same time you say to me, “My father, my friend since youth, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, at least from this moment on, call out to me: 'You are my father, the guide of my virginity.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore, at least from this time call to me: Thou art my father, the guide of my virginity: |
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to thy word.
that this is God, our God for ever and ever. He will be our guide for ever.
O God, from my youth thou hast taught me, and I still proclaim thy wondrous deeds.
that prudence may be given to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth—
who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord, I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they say, ‘Arise and save us!’
“ ‘I thought how I would set you among my sons, and give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beauteous of all nations. And I thought you would call me, My Father, and would not turn from following me.
How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth: a woman protects a man.”
With weeping they shall come, and with consolations I will lead them back, I will make them walk by brooks of water, in a straight path in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
And there I will give her her vineyards, and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. You say, ‘How have we despised thy name?’
You ask, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord was witness to the covenant between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.