Septuagint Jeremiah
LXX — The shorter, older text confirmed by Qumran
1,363 verses • 187 variants documented • 0 theologically significant • 3rd–2nd c. BCE
About This Tradition
The Septuagint Jeremiah preserves what many scholars believe is the older, shorter text of Jeremiah — approximately 2,700 words (12–15%) shorter than the Masoretic Text. This shorter text was confirmed by 4QJerb from Qumran, proving that two distinct Hebrew editions existed: a shorter text (behind the LXX) and a longer, expanded text (behind the MT).
What you see below is a verse-by-verse comparison: where does the Septuagint agree with the Masoretic tradition, and where does it differ? Jeremiah is the most dramatically divergent book between LXX and MT in the entire Hebrew Bible. Every variant is documented. Nothing is hidden.
Chapter 1 19 verses
3 variants
Chapter 2 37 verses
4 variants
Chapter 3 25 verses
2 variants
Chapter 4 31 verses
1 variant
Chapter 5 31 verses
0 variants
Chapter 6 30 verses
1 variant
Chapter 7 34 verses
1 major
1 variant
Chapter 8 22 verses
0 variants
Chapter 9 26 verses
0 variants
Chapter 10 25 verses
4 major
8 variants
Chapter 11 23 verses
0 variants
Chapter 12 17 verses
0 variants
Chapter 13 27 verses
0 variants
Chapter 14 22 verses
0 variants
Chapter 15 21 verses
0 variants
Chapter 16 21 verses
0 variants
Chapter 17 27 verses
4 major
4 variants
Chapter 18 23 verses
0 variants
Chapter 19 15 verses
0 variants
Chapter 20 18 verses
0 variants
Chapter 21 14 verses
0 variants
Chapter 22 30 verses
0 variants
Chapter 23 39 verses
0 variants
Chapter 24 10 verses
0 variants
Chapter 25 38 verses
26 major
28 variants
Chapter 26 24 verses
0 variants
Chapter 27 22 verses
2 major
22 variants
Chapter 28 17 verses
0 variants
Chapter 29 32 verses
5 major
5 variants
Chapter 30 24 verses
0 variants
Chapter 31 40 verses
0 variants
Chapter 32 44 verses
1 variant
Chapter 33 26 verses
13 major
13 variants
Chapter 34 22 verses
0 variants
Chapter 35 19 verses
0 variants
Chapter 36 32 verses
0 variants
Chapter 37 21 verses
0 variants
Chapter 38 28 verses
0 variants
Chapter 39 18 verses
7 major
12 variants
Chapter 40 16 verses
0 variants
Chapter 41 18 verses
0 variants
Chapter 42 22 verses
0 variants
Chapter 43 13 verses
0 variants
Chapter 44 30 verses
0 variants
Chapter 45 5 verses
0 variants
Chapter 46 28 verses
1 variant
Chapter 47 7 verses
0 variants
Chapter 48 47 verses
7 major
16 variants
Chapter 49 39 verses
2 major
22 variants
Chapter 50 46 verses
19 variants
Chapter 51 64 verses
21 variants
Chapter 52 34 verses
3 variants