Jeremiah 23:23
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Am I only a God nearby," declares the LORD, "and not a God far away?

New Living Translation
Am I a God who is only close at hand?” says the LORD. “No, I am far away at the same time.

English Standard Version
“Am I a God at hand, declares the LORD, and not a God far away?

Berean Study Bible
“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”

New American Standard Bible
“Am I a God who is near,” declares the LORD, “And not a God far off?

NASB 1995
"Am I a God who is near," declares the LORD, "And not a God far off?

NASB 1977
“Am I a God who is near,” declares the LORD, “And not a God far off?

Amplified Bible
“Am I a God who is at hand,” says the LORD, “And not a God far away?”

Christian Standard Bible
“Am I a God who is only near” —this is the LORD’s declaration—“and not a God who is far away?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
"Am I a God who is only near"--this is the LORD's declaration--"and not a God who is far away?

Contemporary English Version
I am everywhere--both near and far,

Good News Translation
"I am a God who is everywhere and not in one place only.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"I am a God who is near. I am also a God who is far away," declares the LORD.

International Standard Version
"Am I a God who is near," declares the LORD, "rather than a God who is far away?

NET Bible
Do you people think that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?" the LORD asks.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

New King James Version
Am I a God near at hand,” says the LORD, “And not a God afar off?

King James 2000 Bible
Am I a God at hand, says the LORD, and not a God afar off?

New Heart English Bible
Am I a God at hand,' says the LORD, 'and not a God afar off?

World English Bible
Am I a God at hand, says Yahweh, and not a God afar off?

American King James Version
Am I a God at hand, said the LORD, and not a God afar off?

American Standard Version
Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

A Faithful Version
Am I a God Who is near," says the LORD, "and not a God afar off?

Darby Bible Translation
Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

English Revised Version
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

Webster's Bible Translation
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Am I a God at hande, saith the Lord, and not a God farre off?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Am I then God that seeth but the thing whiche is nye at hande, and not that is farre of, saith the Lorde?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Am I the God that seeth but the thinge, which is nye at honde, and not that is farre of? saieth the LORDE.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
[Am] I a God near,” "" A declaration of YHWH, "" “And not a God far off?

Young's Literal Translation
A God near am I -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And not a God afar off?

Smith's Literal Translation
Am I God from near, says Jehovah, and not God from far off?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Am I, think ye, a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Do you not realize that I am a God close by, says the Lord, and not a God far away?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I am God who is from the nearness, says LORD JEHOVAH, and I am not God who is from a distance

Lamsa Bible
I am the God who is near, says the LORD God, and not a God afar off.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Am I a God near at hand, saith the LORD, And not a God afar off?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
I am a God nigh at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off.
















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