Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageFor I know the plans I have for you, declares Yahweh—plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GFor I Myself know the plans I have for you, declares YHWH—plans for shalom and not for harm, to give you a future and a hope.
KJV
King James VersionFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleFor I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Footnotes
Three terms carry defining weight here. *Mahshavot* (plans/thoughts/intentions) signals deliberate, purposeful design—YHWH's future for His people is not reactive but architected. *Shalom* (wholeness, flourishing) stands in contrast to *ra'ah* (evil, disaster, harm)—not the mere absence of trouble but positive covenantal wellbeing. And *acharit v'tiqvah*: *acharit* ('end/latter time') carries an eschatological horizon, while *tiqvah* (from the root *qavah*, to wait in tension toward a promise) is hope as a taut cord stretched toward a guaranteed future. FOG retains *shalom* and follows the Hebrew word order (*acharit* before *tiqvah*); FOG Message renders *shalom* as 'prosper' for contemporary resonance and reverses the word order for rhythmic memorability. Both choices are linguistically defensible; read together they triangulate the verse's full meaning.