Jeremiah 16:11 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 16:11 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 →
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣
ʼâmar
H559
to say
אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם
ʼêl
H413
to
עַל֩
ʻal
H5921
upon
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
עָזְב֨וּ
ʻâzab
H5800
to leave
אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֤ם
ʼâb
H1
father
אוֹתִי֙
ʼêth
H853
-
נְאֻם
nᵉʼum
H5002
utterance
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
אַֽחֲרֵי֙
ʼachar
H310
after
אֱלֹהִ֣ים
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
אֲחֵרִ֔ים
ʼachêr
H312
other
וַיַּעַבְד֖וּם
ʻâbad
H5647
to serve
וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּ
shâchâh
H7812
to bow down
לָהֶ֑ם
וְאֹתִ֣י
ʼêth
H853
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עָזָ֔בוּ
ʻâzab
H5800
to leave
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
-
תּוֹרָתִ֖י
tôwrâh
H8451
law
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
שָׁמָֽרוּ
shâmar
H8104
to keep
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then shall you tell them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, says Yahweh, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshiped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
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King James Version Public Domain
Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then you shall say to them, ‘Because your fathers have abandoned me,’—the declaration of Yahweh—‘and they have walked after other gods and they have served them and they have bowed down to them and they have abandoned me and they have not kept my law.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).