Jeremiah 29 — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: 29:25, 29:27
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
Chapter 29
Jeremiah 29
Hebrew source: BHS29 • chapter 29
Greek source: LXX36 • chapter 36
Verse 29:1 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:1] These are the words of the letter Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders of the exile, the priests, the prophets, and all the people Nebuchadnezzar exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon,
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:1] And these are the words of the document Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the elders of the deportation, the priests, and the false prophets—a letter to Babylon for the deportees and all the people—
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek labels the prophets false and lacks Jeremiah's title, remaining, and the explicit Nebuchadnezzar deportation clause; its letter apposition is retained. Hebrew chapter twenty-nine aligns Greek thirty-six.
Verse 29:2 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:2] after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the eunuchs, Judah's and Jerusalem's officials, the craftsmen, and the smiths left Jerusalem,
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:2] after King Jeconiah, the queen, the eunuchs, and every free person, prisoner, and craftsman left Jerusalem,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek free persons and prisoners differ from Hebrew officials and smiths; queen mother is explicit in Hebrew's title, while Greek says queen.
Verse 29:3 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:3] by Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Babylon, saying:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:3] by Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon's king in Babylon, saying:
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks Nebuchadnezzar's name and uses singular whom, most directly referring to Gemariah; Hebrew's relative is not number-marked.
Verse 29:4 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:4] Thus says YHWH of hosts, Israel's God, to all the exiles whom I exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:4] Thus said the Lord, Israel's God, concerning the deportees whom I deported from Jerusalem:
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks of hosts, all, and to Babylon.
Verse 29:5 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:5] Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:5] Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruits,
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both command settled domestic life in exile.
Verse 29:6 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:6] Take wives and father sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands so that they bear sons and daughters. Multiply there and do not decrease.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:6] and take wives and beget sons and daughters. Take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands. Multiply and do not become fewer,
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the second generation's explicit bearing of sons and daughters and there.
Verse 29:7 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:7] Seek the peace of the city where I exiled you, and pray to YHWH for it, for in its peace you will have peace.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:7] and seek the peace of the land where I deported you, and pray to the Lord for them, because in its peace you will have peace.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek land differs from Hebrew city, and Greek for them has an unstated plural referent, likely the inhabitants, rather than Hebrew for it. Peace includes communal well-being without becoming a promise of personal wealth.
Verse 29:8 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:8] For thus says YHWH of hosts, Israel's God: Do not let your prophets among you and your diviners deceive you. Do not listen to your dreams that you cause to be dreamed.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:8] Because thus said the Lord: Do not let the false prophets among you persuade you, and do not let your diviners persuade you. Do not listen to your dreams that you dream,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek false designation and repeated persuasion differ from Hebrew deception; Hebrew's unusual causative dreaming is retained explicitly, unlike Greek ordinary dreaming. Greek lacks the expanded divine titles.
Verse 29:9 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:9] For they prophesy falsely to you in My name. I did not send them—YHWH's declaration.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:9] because they prophesy unjust things to you in My name, and I did not send them.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek unjust things differs from Hebrew falsehood and lacks the final declaration formula.
Verse 29:10 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:10] For thus says YHWH: When seventy years are fulfilled for Babylon, I will attend to you and establish My good word for you, bringing you back to this place.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:10] Because thus said the Lord: When seventy years are about to be fulfilled for Babylon, I will visit you and establish My words for you, to return your people to this place.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek about to be fulfilled, plural words, and your people differ from Hebrew fulfilled, good word, and you. Both say for Babylon; in Babylon is not silently substituted.
Verse 29:11 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:11] For I know the plans I am planning for you—YHWH's declaration—plans of peace and not disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:11] And I will plan for you a plan of peace and not evils, to give you these things.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks I know, the declaration formula, and the explicit future and hope, ending instead with these things. The plural addressees are the exiled community in both texts.
Verse 29:12 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:12] You will call upon Me, go, and pray to Me, and I will hear you.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:12] And pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek imperative prayer lacks Hebrew calling and going.
Verse 29:13 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:13] You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:13] And seek Me earnestly, and you will find Me, because you will seek Me with your whole heart,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek begins with an imperative; Hebrew has a future sequence and a when/because condition.
Verse 29:14 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:14] I will be found by you—YHWH's declaration—and restore your fortunes. I will gather you from all the nations and all the places where I drove you—YHWH's declaration—and bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:14] and I will appear to you.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek appearing differs from being found and lacks the entire restored-fortunes, gathering, and return sequence, as well as both formulas.
Verse 29:15 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:15] Because you said: YHWH has raised up prophets for us in Babylon.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:15] Because you said: The Lord established prophets for us in Babylon,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek continues directly to 36:21; Hebrew inserts 29:16–20 before the named prophets' judgment.
Verse 29:16 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:16] For thus says YHWH concerning the king sitting on David's throne and all the people dwelling in this city, your brothers who did not go into exile with you:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[—] [No corresponding text in the declared Greek main text.]
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek proceeds from label fifteen to twenty-one; no corresponding royal-house introduction appears here.
Verse 29:17 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:17] Thus says YHWH of hosts: Look, I am sending sword, famine, and pestilence among them and making them like rotten figs, too bad to eat.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[—] [No corresponding text in the declared Greek main text.]
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: This verse is absent from the declared Greek main text; the fig comparison is not supplied from chapter twenty-four.
Verse 29:18 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:18] I will pursue them with sword, famine, and pestilence and make them a horror to all the earth's kingdoms, a curse, a desolation, a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I drove them.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[—] [No corresponding text in the declared Greek main text.]
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: This pursuit and international-reproach verse is absent from the declared Greek main text.
Verse 29:19 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:19] Because they did not hear My words—YHWH's declaration—which I sent to them through My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, and you did not listen—YHWH's declaration.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[—] [No corresponding text in the declared Greek main text.]
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks this verse; Hebrew's shift from they to you is preserved.
Verse 29:20 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:20] But you, hear YHWH's word, all the exiles whom I sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[—] [No corresponding text in the declared Greek main text.]
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks this renewed address to the exiles.
Verse 29:21 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:21] Thus says YHWH of hosts, Israel's God, concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who prophesy falsehood to you in My name: Look, I am giving them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will strike them before your eyes.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:21] Thus said the Lord concerning Ahab and Zedekiah: Look, I am giving them into Babylon's king's hands, and he will strike them before your eyes.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the expanded divine title, both patronymics, the false-prophecy description, and Nebuchadnezzar's name.
Verse 29:22 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:22] A curse will be taken from them by all Judah's exiles in Babylon, saying: May YHWH make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom Babylon's king roasted in fire.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:22] And all Judah's deportees in Babylon will take a curse from them, saying: May the Lord make you as He made Zedekiah and Ahab, whom Babylon's king fried in fire,
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: Greek adds the divine made and uses a frying verb rather than Hebrew roasting. The curse is reported historical speech.
Verse 29:23 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:23] Because they committed an outrage in Israel, committed adultery with their fellows' wives, and spoke a false word in My name that I did not command them. I am the One who knows and witnesses—YHWH's declaration.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:23] because of the lawlessness they committed in Israel: they committed adultery with their fellow citizens' wives and delivered an oracle in My name that I did not command them. I am a witness, says the Lord.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the explicit false adjective and divine knowing, while retaining the unauthorized oracle and witness declaration.
Verse 29:24 Similar
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:24] To Shemaiah the Nehelamite say:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:24] And to Shemaiah the Nelamite say:
Classification & Notes
Similar. Text: The respective gentilic forms are retained; neither is silently translated as dreamer.
Verse 29:25 Disparate
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:25] Thus says YHWH of hosts, Israel's God: Because you sent letters in your own name to all the people in Jerusalem, to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:25] I did not send you in My name. And to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest say:
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Greek replaces Hebrew's account of Shemaiah's letters with a direct divine noncommission and a new instruction to address Zephaniah. Consequently the quotation's speaker structure differs; the Hebrew letter frame is not imposed upon Greek.
Verse 29:26 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:26] YHWH made you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, so that there would be overseers in YHWH's house over every madman who prophesies, and you should put him into the stocks and the collar.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:26] The Lord appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada the priest, to become an overseer in the Lord's house over every person prophesying and every person raging, and you will put him into confinement and into the trap.
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek distinguishes every prophet and every raging person, where Hebrew joins the descriptions; Greek has singular overseer rather than plural overseers. The restraint terms remain provisional, consistent with the trap rendering in chapter twenty; Hebrew here is inside Shemaiah's letter, whereas Greek's frame differs.
Verse 29:27 Disparate
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:27] Now why have you not rebuked Jeremiah the Anathothite, who prophesies to you?
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:27] And now why did you join in reviling Jeremiah from Anathoth, who prophesied to you?
Classification & Notes
Disparate. Text: Greek asks why they reviled him, with plural you, opposite to Hebrew asking why singular you did not rebuke him. The negative is not imported into Greek.
Verse 29:28 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:28] For he sent to us in Babylon, saying: It will be long. Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:28] Was it not for this that he sent to you in Babylon, saying: It is far off. Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens, and you will eat their fruit?
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek asks a question and has you rather than Hebrew us; Greek distance language is left open to temporal duration without inventing a place.
Verse 29:29 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:29] Zephaniah the priest read this letter in Jeremiah the prophet's hearing.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:29] And Zephaniah read the document in Jeremiah's hearing.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the priest and prophet titles and this.
Verse 29:30 Same
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:30] YHWH's word came to Jeremiah, saying:
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:30] And the Lord's word came to Jeremiah, saying:
Classification & Notes
Same. Text: Both introduce the response concerning Shemaiah.
Verse 29:31 Different
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:31] Send to all the exiles, saying: Thus says YHWH concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and made you trust in falsehood,
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:31] Send to the deportees, saying: Thus said the Lord concerning Shemaiah the Nelamite: Since Shemaiah prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and made you trust in unjust things,
Classification & Notes
Different. Text: Greek unjust things differs from Hebrew falsehood, and Greek lacks all.
Verse 29:32 Divergent
Hebrew–English Rabbinic Priority
[29:32] therefore thus says YHWH: Look, I will visit Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his offspring. He will have no man dwelling among this people, and he will not see the good I am doing for My people—YHWH's declaration—because he spoke rebellion against YHWH.
Greek–English Saints Priority
[36:32] therefore thus said the Lord: Look, I will visit Shemaiah and his family, and none of them will be among you to see the good things I will do for you. They will not see.
Classification & Notes
Divergent. Text: Greek lacks the repeated gentilic, declaration formula, and rebellion accusation, and closes with plural they will not see rather than Hebrew singular he. Its audience is you rather than My people.