Jeremiah 6:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.

ASV Byzantine Text

Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.

Asang Khongca Bible

Angraeng mah hae tiah thuih, Lamkrung ah angdoe ah loe khenah; canghnii ih loklamnawk to dueng oh, kahoih loklam to dueng oh loe, to loklam ah caeh oh, to tiah nahaeloe na pakhranawk mah anghakhaih to hnu o tih. Toe nihcae mah to ah ka caeh o mak ai, tiah thuih o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

BOEIPA loh, “Longpuei ah pai lamtah hmu van lah. Khosuen kah a hawn te menim dawt lah. Te longpuei then ah pongpa lamtah na hinglu ham duemnah hmu lah,” a ti lalah, “Ka pongpa uh mahpawh,” a ti uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

BOEIPA loh, “Longpuei ah pai lamtah hmu van lah. Khosuen kah a hawn te menim dawt lah. Te longpuei then ah pongpa lamtah na hinglu ham duemnah hmu lah,” a ti lalah, “Ka pongpa uh mahpawh,” a ti uh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ke i mai nei o Iehova penei, E ku mai oukou ma na alanui, a nana, a e ninau hoi no na kuamoo kahiko. Auhea ka aoao maikai? E hele oukou maloko olaila, a e loaa no ia oukou ka hoomaha no ko oukou poe uhane. Aka, olelo mai la lakou, Aole makou e hele.

English Berean Standard Bible

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Men sa Seyè a di ankò: -Rete non sou kous nou! Gade byen! Mande kote ansyen chemen yo te pase. Mande kote bon wout la ye. Pran l'. Lè sa a n'a viv ak kè poze. Men yo di: Non, nou p'ap fè sa!

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Hæc dicit Dominus: State super vias, et videte, et interrogate de semitis antiquis quæ sit via bona, et ambulate in ea: et invenietis refrigerium animabus vestris. Et dixerunt: Non ambulabimus.

Bible in Basic English

This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Ainsi dit l’ Éternel : Tenez-vous sur les chemins, et regardez, et enquérez-vous touchant les sentiers anciens, quelle est la bonne voie ; et marchez-y, et vous trouverez du repos pour vos âmes. Mais ils ont dit : Nous n’y marcherons pas.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Když takto říkával Hospodin: Zastavte se na cestách, a pohleďte, a vyptejte se na stezky staré, která jest cesta dobrá, i choďte po ní, a naleznete odpočinutí duši své, tedy říkávali: Nebudeme choditi.

Kosraean Bible

LEUM GOD El fahk nu sin mwet lal, “Tu ke inkanek sengelik uh ac liye. Siyuk lah pia inkanek ma matu ac wo emeet uh. Fahsr kac, ac kowos fah muta in misla.” Tusruktu elos fahk, “Mo, kut ac fah tia fahsr kac!”

World Portuguese Bible

O SENHOR diz: “Fiquem nos caminhos e vejam, e perguntem pelas veredas antigas: ‘Onde está o bom caminho?’ e andem nele, e vocês encontrarão descanso para as suas almas. Mas eles disseram: ‘Não andaremos nele.’

Romanian BTF Bible

Astfel spune DOMNUL: Stați pe căi și vedeți și întrebați de cărările cele vechi, unde este calea bună; și umblați în ea și veți găsi odihnă pentru sufletele voastre. Dar ei au spus: Refuzăm să umblăm în ea.

Brenton English Septuagint

Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths of the Lord; and see what is the good way, and walk in it, and ye shall find purification for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in them.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား​သည်​မိ​မိ​၏​လူ​မျိုး​တော် အား``လမ်း​ဆုံ​လမ်း​ခွ​တို့​တွင်​ရပ်​၍​ကြည့် ကြ​လော့။ ရှေး​လမ်း​ဟောင်း​တို့​ကို​စုံ​စမ်း ရှာ​ဖွေ​ကြ​လော့။ အ​ကောင်း​ဆုံး​သော​လမ်း အ​ဘယ်​မှာ​နည်း​ဟု​မေး​မြန်း​၍ ထို​လမ်း​သို့ လိုက်​လျှင်​သင်​တို့​၏​ဝိ​ညာဉ်​သည်​ငြိမ်း​ချမ်း သာ​ယာ​မှု​ရှိ​လိမ့်​မည်'' ဟု​မိန့်​တော်​မူ​၏။ သို့​ရာ​တွင်​သူ​တို့​က``ထို​လမ်း​ကို အ​ကျွန်ုပ် တို့​မ​လိုက်​လို​ပါ'' ဟု​ပြန်​ပြော​ကြ​၏။

Darby Translation

Thus saith Jehovah: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the ancient paths, which is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

So spricht Jehova: Tretet auf die Wege, und sehet und fraget nach den Pfaden der Vorzeit, welches der Weg des Guten sei, und wandelt darauf; so werdet ihr Ruhe finden für eure Seelen. Aber sie sprechen: Wir wollen nicht darauf wandeln.

Dutch Bible 1917

Zo zegt de HEERE: Staat op de wegen, en ziet toe, en vraagt naar de oude paden, waar toch de goede weg zij, en wandelt daarin; zo zult gij rust vinden voor uw ziel; maar zij zeggen: Wij zullen daarin niet wandelen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Zo spreekt Jahweh: Gaat op de wegen staan, Ziet uit, en vraagt naar de paden van vroeger: Waar de goede weg is te vinden; Bewandelt die, dan vindt ge rust voor uw ziel! Maar ze zeiden: We volgen hem niet!

Italian Diodati Bible

Il Signore avea detto così: Fermatevi in su le vie, e riguardate; e domandate de' sentieri antichi , per saper quale è la buona strada, e camminate per essa; e voi troverete riposo all'anima vostra . Ma essi han detto: Noi non vi cammineremo.

Douay-Rheims 1899

Thus saith the Lord: Stand ye on the ways, and see and ask for the old paths which is the good way, and walk ye in it: and you shall find refreshment for your souls. And they said: we will not walk.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thus sayeth the Lord, Stande in the waies and beholde, and aske for the olde way, which is the good way and walke therein, and yee shall finde rest for your soules: but they saide, We will not walke therein.

Noyes Bible

Thus saith Jehovah: Stand ye upon the ways and look; And ask for the old paths, “Where is the good way?” Walk ye in it, and ye shall find for yourselves rest. But they say, We will not walk in it.

Danish Bible 1931

Så siger HERREN: Stå ved Vejene og se efter, spørg efter de gamle Stier, hvor Vejen er til alt godt, og gå på den; så finder I Hvile for eders Sjæle. Men de svarede: “Det vil vi ikke.”

Leeser Tanakh

Thus hath said the Lord, Place yourselves on the ways, and see, and ask after the ancient paths, where is the way which is good, that ye may walk thereon, and find rest for your soul. But they said, We will not walk [thereon].

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Thus saith the LORD: Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said: 'We will not walk therein.'

King James Version

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Đức Giê-hô-va phán như vầy: Hãy đứng trên các đường cái và nhìn xem; tra xét những đường lối cũ, xem thử đường tốt ở đâu: hãy đi đường ấy, thì các ngươi sẽ được sự an nghỉ cho linh hồn mình. Nhưng chúng nó đáp rằng: Chúng tôi không khứng đi đường ấy.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova, “Mou tuʻu ʻi he ngaahi hala, ʻo mamata, pea fehuʻi ki he ngaahi motuʻa hala, ‘Ko e fē ʻae hala lelei?’ Pea mou ʻaʻeva ʻi ai, pea te mou ʻilo ʻae fiemālie ki homou laumālie. Ka naʻa nau pehē, ‘ʻE ʻikai te mau ʻeveʻeva ai.’

French Ostervald Bible

Ainsi a dit l'Éternel: Tenez-vous sur les chemins, et regardez, et enquérez-vous des sentiers d'autrefois, quel est le bon chemin; et marchez-y, et vous trouverez le repos de vos âmes! Et ils répondent: Nous n'y marcherons point.

Esperanto Bible

Tiele diras la Eternulo: Stariĝu sur la vojoj kaj rigardu, kaj demandu pri la vojoj antikvaj, kia estas la bona vojo, kaj iru laŭ ĝi kaj trovu ripozon por via animo. Sed ili diris: Ni ne iros.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Ainsi parle l’Éternel: Placez-vous sur les chemins, regardez, Et demandez quels sont les anciens sentiers, Quelle est la bonne voie; marchez-y, Et vous trouverez le repos de vos âmes! Mais ils répondent: Nous n’y marcherons pas.

German Luther Bible 1912

So spricht der HERR: Tretet auf die Wege und schauet und fraget nach den vorigen Wegen, welches der gute Weg sei, und wandelt darin, so werdet ihr Ruhe finden für eure Seele! Aber sie sprechen: Wir wollen's nicht tun!

LXX2012 U. S. English

Thus says the Lord, Stand you⌃ in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths of the Lord; and see what is the good way, and walk in it, and you⌃ shall find purification for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in them.

British English Septuagint 2012

Thus says the Lord, Stand you⌃ in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths of the Lord; and see what is the good way, and walk in it, and you⌃ shall find purification for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in them.

Majority Standard BIble

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

Webster Bible

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk in it, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it .

Revised Version

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Così dice l’Eterno: Fermatevi sulle vie, e guardate, e domandate quali siano i sentieri antichi, dove sia la buona strada, e incamminatevi per essa; e voi troverete riposo alle anime vostre! Ma quelli rispondono: “Non c’incammineremo per essa!”

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Ainsi parle le SEIGNEUR : « Tenez-vous sur les chemins et regardez, et informez-vous des sentiers d'autrefois : “Où est le bon chemin ?” Marchez-y, et vous trouverez le repos pour vos âmes. Mais ils ont répondu : “Nous n'y marcherons pas.”

Reina Valera 1909

Así dijo Jehová: Paraos en los caminos, y mirad, y preguntad por las sendas antiguas, cuál sea el buen camino, y andad por él, y hallaréis descanso para vuestra alma. Mas dijeron: No andaremos.

Spanish BLL

Así dice Yahvé: “Deténganse en los caminos y observen; pregunten por las sendas antiguas: ‘¿Cuál es el buen camino?’. Caminen por él y encontrarán descanso para su vida”. Pero ellos respondieron: ‘No queremos caminar por ahí’.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Así dice Yahvé: “Paraos en los caminos y mirad, y preguntad por las sendas antiguas: ‘¿Cuál es el buen camino?’. Y andad por él, y hallaréis descanso para vuestra alma”. Mas ellos dijeron: ‘No andaremos’.

Croatian Bible

Ovako govori Jahve: “Stanite na negdašnje putove, raspitajte se za iskonske staze: Koji put vodi k dobru? Njime pođite i naći ćete spokoj dušama svojim! Al' oni rekoše: 'Ne idemo!'

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Gospod reče ovako: Stanite na putevima i pogledajte, i pitajte za stare staze, koji je put dobar, pa idite po njemu, i naći ćete mir duši svojoj. A oni rekoše: Nećemo da idemo.

German Textbibel

Also sprach Jahwe: Tretet hin an die Wege und schaut und fragt nach den Pfaden, die man in der Urzeit gewandelt, welches der Weg zum Glücke sei, und geht ihn, daß ihr Ruhe für eure Seele findet! Sie aber sprachen: Wir mögen ihn nicht gehen!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths of the Lord; and see what is the good way, and walk in it, and ye shall find purification for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in them.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֡ה עִמְדוּ֩ עַל־דְּרָכִ֨ים וּרְא֜וּ וְשַׁאֲל֣וּ ׀ לִנְתִב֣וֹת עוֹלָ֗ם אֵי־זֶ֨ה דֶ֤רֶךְ הַטּוֹב֙ וּלְכוּ־בָ֔הּ וּמִצְא֥וּ מַרְגּ֖וֹעַ לְנַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹ֥א נֵלֵֽךְ׃

World English Bible

The LORD says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

World English Bible (Catholic)

The LORD says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

World English Bible British Edition

The LORD says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

The LORD says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

World English Bible Classic

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

World English Bible Updated

The LORD says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

World Messianic Bible

The LORD says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The LORD says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Young's Literal Translation

Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where [is] this — the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, 'We do not go.'

SEPTUAGINTA

τάδε λέγει Κύριος· στῆτε ἐπὶ ταῖς ὁδοῖς καὶ ἴδετε, καὶ ἐρωτήσατε τρίβους Κυρίου αἰωνίους καὶ ἴδετε ποία ἐστὶν ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀγαθή, καὶ βαδίζετε ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ εὑρήσετε ἁγνισμὸν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν. καὶ εἶπαν· οὐ πορευσόμεθα.

Brenton Septuagint

Τάδε λέγει Κύριος, στῆτε ἐπὶ ταῖς ὁδοῖς, καὶ ἴδετε, καὶ ἐρωτήσατε τρίβους Κυρίου αἰωνίους· καὶ ἴδετε ποία ἐστὶν ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ ἀγαθὴ, καὶ βαδίζετε ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ εὑρήσετε ἁγνισμὸν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν· Καὶ εἶπαν, οὐ πορευσόμεθα.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Аша ворбеште Домнул: „Стаць ын друмурь, уйтаци-вэ ши ынтребаць каре сунт кэрэриле челе векь, каре есте каля чя бунэ: умблаць пе еа, ши вець гэси одихнэ пентру суфлетеле воастре!” Дар ей рэспунд: „Ну врем сэ умблэм пе еле!”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Так говорить Господь: Зʼупинїтесь на дорогах ваших, і роздивітесь, та розпитайте про дороги, що ними ходжено в давнезні давна, де дорога до щастя, та й ступайте нею, а знайдете впокій душам вашим. Вони ж сказали: Не пійдемо.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Так говорить Господь: Зʼупинїтесь на дорогах ваших, і роздивітесь, та розпитайте про дороги, що ними ходжено в давнезні давна, де дорога до щастя, та й ступайте нею, а знайдете впокій душам вашим. Вони ж сказали: Не пійдемо.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Господ рече овако: Станите на путевима и погледајте, и питајте за старе стазе, који је пут добар, па идите по њему, и наћи ћете мир души својој. А они рекоше: Нећемо да идемо.

Russian Synodal Bible

Так говорит Господь: остановитесь на путях ваших и рассмотрите, и расспросите о путях древних, где путь добрый, и идите по нему, и найдете покой душам вашим. Но они сказали: “не пойдем”.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

כֹּ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֡ה עִמְדוּ֩ עַל־דְּרָכִ֨ים וּרְא֜וּ וְשַׁאֲל֣וּ ׀ לִנְתִבֹ֣ות עֹולָ֗ם אֵי־זֶ֨ה דֶ֤רֶךְ הַטֹּוב֙ וּלְכוּ־בָ֔הּ וּמִצְא֥וּ מַרְגֹּ֖ועַ לְנַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹ֥א נֵלֵֽךְ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

כה אמר יהוה עמדו על דרכים וראו ושאלו לנתבות עולם אי זה דרך הטוב ולכו בה ומצאו מרגוע לנפשכם ויאמרו לא נלך׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

«هَكَذَا قَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: قِفُوا عَلَى ٱلطُّرُقِ وَٱنْظُرُوا، وَٱسْأَلُوا عَنِ ٱلسُّبُلِ ٱلْقَدِيمَةِ: أَيْنَ هُوَ ٱلطَّرِيقُ ٱلصَّالِحُ؟ وَسِيرُوا فِيهِ، فَتَجِدُوا رَاحَةً لِنُفُوسِكُمْ. وَلَكِنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: لَا نَسِيرُ فِيهِ!

Old Persion Version Bible

خداوند چنین می‌گوید: «بر طریق هابایستید و ملاحظه نمایید و درباره طریق های قدیم سوآل نمایید که طریق نیکو کدام است تا درآن سلوک نموده، برای جان خود راحت بیابید، لیکن ایشان جواب دادند که در آن سلوک نخواهیم کرد.

Judson Burmese Bible

ထာဝရဘုရား မိန့် တော်မူသည်ကား ၊ လမ်း နား မှာ ရပ် ၍ ကြည့်ရှု ကြလော့။ ရှေး လမ်း ဟောင်းတို့ကို ရှာဖွေလျက်၊ ကောင်း သောလမ်း သည် အဘယ် မှာရှိသနည်းဟု မေးမြန်း ၍၊ ထို လမ်း သို့ လိုက် ကြလော့။ သို့ပြုလျှင် ၊ စိတ် နှလုံး သက်သာ ကြလိမ့်မည်။ သို့ရာတွင် ၊ ငါတို့သည် မ လိုက် ဟု ပြန်ပြော ကြ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

여호와께서 이같이 말씀하시되 너희는 길에 서서 보며 옛적 길 곧 선한 길이 어디인지 알아보고 그리로 행하라 너희 심령이 평강을 얻으리라 하나 그들의 대답이 우리는 그리로 행치 않겠노라 하였으며

Japanese Freedom Bible

主はこう言われる。「道に立って見よ。昔からの道について、『良い道はどこにあるのか』と尋ね、その道を歩め。そうすれば、心に安らぎを見いだす。しかし、彼らは『私たちはその道を歩まない』と言った。

World Chinese Bible

耶和华如此说：“你们要站在路上观看，访问古道，问：‘善道在哪里？’并且行在其中，你们的灵魂就必得安息。但他们说：‘我们不行在其中。’

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

耶和华如此说： 你们当站在路上察看， 访问古道， 哪是善道，便行在其间； 这样，你们心里必得安息。 他们却说：我们不行 在其间。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

耶和華如此說： 你們當站在路上察看， 訪問古道， 哪是善道，便行在其間； 這樣，你們心裏必得安息。 他們卻說：我們不行 在其間。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Assim diz o SENHOR: Ficai parados nos caminhos, e vede, e perguntai pelas veredas antigas, qual é o bom caminho, e andai por ele; então achareis descanso para vossa alma. Mas disseram: Não andaremos.

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Mashi Bible

Kwo Nyakasane adesire ntya: Mujè omu njira za mîra, mudôse bwinjà enjira za mîra, ngahi yali enjira y’obwinjà? Muyiyankage, mwabona oku mwaluhûka. Ci bôhe bàdesire mpu «rhurhâyishimbe».

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Also spricht der HERR: Tretet hin an die Wege und schauet und fraget nach den Pfaden der Vorzeit, welches der gute Weg sei, und wandelt darauf, so werdet ihr Ruhe finden für eure Seelen! Sie aber sprechen: «Wir wollen ihn nicht gehen!»

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Esto es lo que el Señor ha dicho: Toma tu lugar mirando los caminos; Hagan una búsqueda de los caminos antiguos, diciendo: ¿Dónde está el buen camino? y anden por él para que puedan descansar por tus almas. Pero ellos dijeron: No andaremos.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Yavé dice: Deténganse en los caminos y miren. Pregunten por las sendas antiguas, cuál es el camino bueno. Anden por él y hallen descanso para sus almas. Pero ellos dijeron: No andaremos por él.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

Thus saith Hashem: Stand ye in the derakhim (crossroads), and look, and ask for the netivot olam (old paths), where is the derech hatov (good road, way), and walk therein, and ye shall find margo'a (rest) for your nefashot. But they said, We will not walk therein.

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