Jeremiah 4:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 4:3 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 →
כִּי
kîy
H3588
that
כֹ֣ה
kôh
H3541
thus
אָמַ֣ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
יְהֹוָ֗ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
לְאִ֤ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
יְהוּדָה֙
Yᵉhûwdâh
H3063
Judah
וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
H3389
Jerusalem
נִ֥ירוּ
nîyr
H5214
to plow
לָכֶ֖ם
נִ֑יר
nîyr
H5215
fallow
וְאַֽל
ʼal
H408
not
תִּזְרְע֖וּ
zâraʻ
H2232
to sow
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
קוֹצִֽים
qôwts
H6975
thorn
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
For thus says Yahweh to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and don't sow among thorns.
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King James Version Public Domain
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For thus says Yahweh to the man of Judah and to Jerusalem: ‘Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow into thorns.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).