Jeremiah 8:14 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 8:14 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 →
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
מָה֙
mâh
H4100
what
אֲנַ֣חְנוּ
ʼănachnûw
H587
we
יֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
הֵֽאָסְפ֗וּ
ʼâçaph
H622
to gather
וְנָב֛וֹא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
עָרֵ֥י
ʻîyr
H5892
city
הַמִּבְצָ֖ר
mibtsâr
H4013
fortress
וְנִדְּמָה
dâmam
H1826
to be silent
שָּׁ֑ם
shâm
H8033
there
כִּי֩
kîy
H3588
that
יְהוָ֨ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
הֲדִמָּ֨נוּ֙
dâmam
H1826
to be silent
וַיַּשְׁקֵ֣נוּ
shâqâh
H8248
to water
מֵי
mayim
H4325
water
רֹ֔אשׁ
rôʼsh
H7219
gall
כִּ֥י
kîy
H3588
that
חָטָ֖אנוּ
châṭâʼ
H2398
to sin
לַיהוָֽה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
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World English Bible Public Domain
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.
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King James Version Public Domain
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“Why we sitting? Be gathered, and let us go to the cities of fortification, and let us perish there, for Yahweh our God will cause us to perish, and has given us water of poison to drink because we have sinned against Yahweh.
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