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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 31:13 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 31:13 |
King James |
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
young . . . old-- (Zac 8:4-5). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Both gives the idea of the men dancing, which is incorrect. Except at a religious solemnity Sa2 6:14, dancing was confined to women. Render and young men and old rejoice together. |
4 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.