Jeremiah 1:5

NETBible

“Before I formed you in your mother’s womb 1  I chose you. 2  Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

NIV ©

"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."

NASB ©

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations."

NLT ©

"I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world."

MSG ©

"Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you: A prophet to the nations--that's what I had in mind for you."

BBE ©

Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.

NRSV ©

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations."

NKJV ©

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations."

KJV
Before
<02962>
I formed
<03335> (8799)
thee in the belly
<0990>
I knew
<03045> (8804)
thee; and before thou camest forth
<03318> (8799)
out of the womb
<07358>
I sanctified
<06942> (8689)
thee, [and] I ordained
<05414> (8804)
thee a prophet
<05030>
unto the nations
<01471>_.
{ordained: Heb. gave}
NASB ©
"Before
<2962>
I formed
<3335>
you in the womb
<990>
I knew
<3045>
you, And before
<2962>
you were born
<3318>
<7358> I consecrated
<6942>
you; I have appointed
<5414>
you a prophet
<5030>
to the nations
<1471>
."
LXXM
pro
<4253> 
PREP
tou
<3588> 
T-GSN
me
<1473> 
P-AS
plasai
<4111> 
V-AAN
se
<4771> 
P-AS
en
<1722> 
PREP
koilia
<2836> 
N-DSF
epistamai
<1987> 
V-PMI-1S
se
<4771> 
P-AS
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
pro
<4253> 
PREP
tou
<3588> 
T-GSN
se
<4771> 
P-AS
exelyein
<1831> 
V-AAN
ek
<1537> 
PREP
mhtrav
<3388> 
N-GSF
hgiaka
<37> 
V-RAI-1S
se
<4771> 
P-AS
profhthn
<4396> 
N-ASM
eiv
<1519> 
PREP
eynh
<1484> 
N-APN
teyeika
<5087> 
V-RAI-1S
se
<4771> 
P-AS
NET [draft] ITL
“Before
<02962>
I formed
<03335>
you in your mother’s womb
<0990>
I chose
<03045>
you. Before
<02962>
you were born
<07358>

<03318>
I set
<06942>
you apart
<06942>
. I appointed you to be a prophet
<05030>
to the nations
<01471>
.”
HEBREW
Kyttn
<05414>
Mywgl
<01471>
aybn
<05030>
Kytsdqh
<06942>
Mxrm
<07358>
aut
<03318>
Mrjbw
<02962>
Kytedy
<03045>
Njbb
<0990>
*Krua {Krwua}
<03335>
Mrjb (1:5)
<02962>
NETBible

“Before I formed you in your mother’s womb 1  I chose you. 2  Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations.”

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “the womb.” The words “your mother’s” are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “I knew you.” The parallelism here with “set you apart” and “appointed you” make clear that Jeremiah is speaking of his foreordination to be a prophet. For this same nuance of the Hebrew verb see Gen 18:19; Amos 3:2.