King James Version

Jeremiah 32:38

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

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וְהָ֥יוּvehayvand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לִ֖יlitoלִ֖יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toלְעָ֑םleamto peopleעַםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “to people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.וַאֲנִ֕יvaaniand mineאֲנִיconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “and mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.אֶהְיֶ֥הehyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָהֶ֖םlahemtoלָהֶ֖םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toלֵאלֹהִֽיםlelohimto Godאֱלֹהִיםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

and they shall be My people, and I will be their God;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

Young’s Literal Translation

and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God;

World English Bible

Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.

Darby Translation

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Douay-Rheims

And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

and they shall be My people, and I will be their God;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

He has forsaken his lair, as a lion: for their land is become desolate before the great sword.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγκατέλιπεν ὥσπερ λέων κατάλυμα αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἐγενήθη ἡ γῆ αὐτῶν εἰς ἄβατον ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς μαχαίρας τῆς μεγάλης.