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Jeremiah 13:16

NETBible	Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him.¹ Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster.² Do it before you stumble³ into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight.⁴ Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.⁵
NIV © biblegateway Jer 13:16	Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to thick darkness and change it to deep gloom.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 13:16	Give glory to the LORD your God, Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the dusky mountains, And while you are hoping for light He makes it into deep darkness, And turns it into gloom.
NLT © biblegateway Jer 13:16	Give glory to the LORD your God before it is too late. Acknowledge him before he brings darkness upon you, causing you to stumble and fall on the dark mountains. For then, when you look for light, you will find only terrible darkness.
MSG © biblegateway Jer 13:16	Let your lives glow bright before GOD before he turns out the lights, Before you trip and fall on the dark mountain paths. The light you always took for granted will go out and the world will turn black.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 13:16	Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 13:16	Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the mountains at twilight; while you look for light, he turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 13:16	Give glory to the LORD your God Before He causes darkness, And before your feet stumble On the dark mountains, And while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death And makes it dense darkness.
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KJV	Give <05414> (8798) glory <03519> to the LORD <03068> your God <0430>_, before he cause darkness <02821> (8686)_, and before your feet <07272> stumble <05062> (8691) upon the dark <05399> mountains <02022>_, and, while ye look <06960> (8765) for light <0216>_, he turn <07760> (8804) it into the shadow of death <06757>_, [and] make <07896> (8798) (8675) <07896> (8799) [it] gross darkness <06205>_.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 13:16	Give <05414> glory <03519> to the LORD <03068> your God <0430> , Before <02962> He brings <02821> darkness <02821> And before <02962> your feet <07272> stumble <05062> On the dusky <05399> mountains <02022> , And while you are hoping <06960> for light <0216> He makes <07760> it into deep <06757> darkness <06757> , And turns <07896> it into gloom <06205> .
LXXM	dote <1325> V-AAD-2P tw <3588> T-DSM kuriw <2962> N-DSM yew <2316> N-DSM umwn <4771> P-GP doxan <1391> N-ASF pro <4253> PREP tou <3588> T-GSN suskotasai {V-AAN} kai <2532> CONJ prov <4314> PREP tou <3588> T-GSN proskoqai <4350> V-AAN podav <4228> N-APM umwn <4771> P-GP ep <1909> PREP orh <3735> N-APN skoteina <4652> A-APN kai <2532> CONJ anameneite <362> V-FAI-2P eiv <1519> PREP fwv <5457> N-ASN kai <2532> CONJ ekei <1563> ADV skia <4639> N-NSF yanatou <2288> N-GSM kai <2532> CONJ teyhsontai <5087> V-FPI-3P eiv <1519> PREP skotov <4655> N-ASN
NET [draft] ITL	Show <05414> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> the respect <03519> that is due him. Do it before <02962> he brings the darkness <02821> of disaster. Do it before <02962> you stumble <07272> <05062> into distress like a traveler on <05921> the mountains <02022> at twilight <05399> . Do it before he turns <07760> the light <0216> of deliverance you hope <06960> for into the darkness <06757> and gloom of exile <06205> .
HEBREW	lprel <06205> *tysw {tysy} <07896> twmlul <06757> hmvw <07760> rwal <0216> Mtywqw <06960> Psn <05399> yrh <02022> le <05921> Mkylgr <07272> wpgnty <05062> Mrjbw <02962> Ksxy <02821> Mrjb <02962> dwbk <03519> Mkyhla <0430> hwhyl <03068> wnt (13:16) <05414>

NETBible

Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him.¹ Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster.² Do it before you stumble³ into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight.⁴ Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.⁵

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “Give glory/respect to the Lord your God.” For this nuance of the word “glory” (כָּבוֹד, kavod), see BDB 459 s.v. כָּבוֹד 6.b and compare the usage in Mal 1:6 and Josh 7:19.

²tn The words “of disaster” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation to explain the significance of the metaphor to readers who may not be acquainted with the metaphorical use of light and darkness for salvation and joy and distress and sorrow respectively.

²sn For the metaphorical use of these terms the reader should consult O. A. Piper, “Light, Light and Darkness,” IDB 3:130-32. For the association of darkness with the Day of the Lord, the time when he will bring judgment, see, e.g., Amos 5:18-20. For the association of darkness with exile see Isa 9:1-2 (8:23-9:1 HT).

³tn Heb “your feet stumble.”

⁴tn Heb “you stumble on the mountains at twilight.” The added words are again supplied in the translation to help explain the metaphor to the uninitiated reader.

⁵tn Heb “and while you hope for light he will turn it into deep darkness and make [it] into gloom.” The meaning of the metaphor is again explained through the addition of the “of” phrases for readers who are unacquainted with the metaphorical use of these terms.

⁵sn For the meaning and usage of the term “deep darkness” (צַלְמָוֶת, tsalmavet), see the notes on Jer 2:6. For the association of the term with exile see Isa 9:2 (9:1 HT). For the association of the word gloom with the Day of the Lord see Isa 60:2; Joel 2:2; Zeph 1:15.