Jeremiah 2:13 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 2:13 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 →
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
שְׁתַּ֥יִם
shᵉnayim
H8147
two
רָע֖וֹת
raʻ
H7451
evil
עָשָׂ֣ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
עַמִּ֑י
ʻam
H5971
people
אֹתִ֨י
ʼêth
H853
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עָזְב֜וּ
ʻâzab
H5800
to leave
מְק֣וֹר
mâqôwr
H4726
spring
מַ֣יִם
mayim
H4325
water
חַיִּ֗ים
chay
H2416
living
לַחְצֹ֤ב
châtsab
H2672
to hew
לָהֶם֙
בֹּאר֔וֹת
bôʼr
H877
cistern
בֹּארֹת֙
bôʼr
H877
cistern
נִשְׁבָּרִ֔ים
shâbar
H7665
to break
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָכִ֖לוּ
kûwl
H3557
to contain
הַמָּֽיִם
mayim
H4325
water
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World English Bible Public Domain
For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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King James Version Public Domain
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For my people have done two evils me: They have abandoned the spring of living waters to dig out cisterns for themselves, broken cisterns that do not hold the water.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).