Jeremiah 5:1 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 5:1 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 →
שׁוֹטְט֞וּ
shûwṭ
H7751
to go about
בְּחוּצ֣וֹת
chûwts
H2351
outside
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
H3389
Jerusalem
וּרְאוּ
râʼâh
H7200
to see
נָ֤א
nâʼ
H4994
please
וּדְעוּ֙
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
וּבַקְשׁ֣וּ
bâqash
H1245
to seek
בִרְחוֹבוֹתֶ֔יהָ
rᵉchôb
H7339
plaza
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
תִּמְצְא֣וּ
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
אִ֔ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
יֵ֛שׁ
yêsh
H3426
there is
עֹשֶׂ֥ה
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
מִשְׁפָּ֖ט
mishpâṭ
H4941
judgment
מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ
bâqash
H1245
to seek
אֱמוּנָ֑ה
ʼĕmûwnâh
H530
fidelity
וְאֶסְלַ֖ח
çâlach
H5545
to forgive
לָֽהּ
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World English Bible Public Domain
Run you back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
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King James Version Public Domain
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“Roam about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see now and know, and seek in her plazas, if you can find a man, if there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, then I will forgive her.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).