Jeremiah 29:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 29:17 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 →
כֹּ֤ה
kôh
H3541
thus
אָמַר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהוָ֣ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
צְבָא֔וֹת
tsâbâʼ
H6635
army
הִנְנִי֙
hên
H2005
behold
מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ
shâlach
H7971
to send
בָּ֔ם
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַחֶ֖רֶב
chereb
H2719
sword
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָרָעָ֣ב
râʻâb
H7458
famine
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַדָּ֑בֶר
deber
H1698
pestilence
וְנָתַתִּ֣י
nâthan
H5414
to give
אוֹתָ֗ם
ʼêth
H853
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כַּתְּאֵנִים֙
tᵉʼên
H8384
fig
הַשֹּׁ֣עָרִ֔ים
shôʻâr
H8182
vile
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
לֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה
ʼâkal
H398
to eat
מֵרֹֽעַ
rôaʻ
H7455
badness
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World English Bible Public Domain
thus says Yahweh of Hosts; Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can't be eaten, they are so bad.
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King James Version Public Domain
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Yahweh of hosts says this, ‘See, I am about to send sword, famine, and disease on them. For I will make them like rotten figs that are too bad to be eaten.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).