Jeremiah 12:5 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 12:5 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
אֶת
ʼêth
H854
with
רַגְלִ֥ים
raglîy
H7273
foot soldier
רַ֨צְתָּה֙
rûwts
H7323
to run
וַיַּלְא֔וּךָ
lâʼâh
H3811
to be weary
וְאֵ֥יךְ
ʼêyk
H349
how
תְּתַֽחֲרֶ֖ה
tachârâh
H8474
to burn
אֶת
ʼêth
H854
with
הַסּוּסִ֑ים
çûwç
H5483
horse
וּבְאֶ֤רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
שָׁלוֹם֙
shâlôwm
H7965
peace
אַתָּ֣ה
ʼattâh
H859
you
בוֹטֵ֔חַ
bâṭach
H982
to trust
וְאֵ֥יךְ
ʼêyk
H349
how
תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
בִּגְא֥וֹן
gâʼôwn
H1347
majesty
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן
Yardên
H3383
Jordan
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?
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King James Version Public Domain
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
If you have run with footmen and they have wearied you, how will you compete with the horses? And you trusting in a land of peace, then how will you do in the height of the Jordan?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).