Jeremiah 9:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 9:12 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 →
מִֽי
mîy
H4310
who
הָאִ֤ישׁ
ʼîysh
H376
man
הֶֽחָכָם֙
châkâm
H2450
wise
וְיָבֵ֣ן
bîyn
H995
to understand
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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זֹ֔את
zôʼth
H2063
this
וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
דִּבֶּ֧ר
dâbar
H1696
to speak
פִּֽי
peh
H6310
mouth
יְהוָ֛ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֵלָ֖יו
ʼêl
H413
to
וְיַגִּדָ֑הּ
nâgad
H5046
to make known
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
מָה֙
mâh
H4100
what
אָבְדָ֣ה
ʼâbad
H6
to perish
הָאָ֔רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
נִצְּתָ֥ה
yâtsath
H3341
to kindle
כַמִּדְבָּ֖ר
midbâr
H4057
wilderness
מִבְּלִ֖י
bᵉlîy
H1097
without
עֹבֵֽר
ʻâbar
H5674
to pass over
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World English Bible Public Domain
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?
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King James Version Public Domain
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Who is the man that is wise that he may understand this? And to whom has the mouth of Yahweh spoken to, that he may declare it? Why does the land perish, burn up like the wilderness so that not passing through?
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).