Jeremiah 21:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 21:2 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 →
דְּרָשׁ
dârash
H1875
to seek
נָ֤א
nâʼ
H4994
please
בַעֲדֵ֨נוּ֙
bᵉʻad
H1157
behind
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
כִּ֛י
kîy
H3588
that
נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר
Nᵉbûwkadneʼtstsar
H5019
Nebuchadnezzar
מֶֽלֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
בָּבֶ֖ל
Bâbel
H894
Babylon
נִלְחָ֣ם
lâcham
H3898
to fight
עָלֵ֑ינוּ
ʻal
H5921
upon
אוּלַי֩
ʼûwlay
H194
perhaps
יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
יְהוָ֤ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אוֹתָ֨נוּ֙
ʼêth
H854
with
כְּכָל
kôl
H3605
all
נִפְלְאֹתָ֔יו
pâlâʼ
H6381
to be wonderful
וְיַעֲלֶ֖ה
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
מֵעָלֵֽינוּ
ʻal
H5921
upon
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
Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon makes war against us: peradventure Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
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King James Version Public Domain
Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“Please inquire of Yahweh on our behalf, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is fighting against us. Perhaps Yahweh will do with us according to all his wonders, and he will withdraw from upon us.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).