Jeremiah 9:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJeremiah 9:3 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 →
וַֽיַּדְרְכ֤וּ
dârak
H1869
to tread
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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לְשׁוֹנָם֙
lâshôwn
H3956
tongue
קַשְׁתָּ֣ם
qesheth
H7198
bow
שֶׁ֔קֶר
sheqer
H8267
lie
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
לֶאֱמוּנָ֖ה
ʼĕmûwnâh
H530
fidelity
גָּבְר֣וּ
gâbar
H1396
to be strong
בָאָ֑רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
כִּי֩
kîy
H3588
that
מֵרָעָ֨ה
raʻ
H7451
evil
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
רָעָ֧ה
raʻ
H7451
evil
יָצָ֛אוּ
yâtsâʼ
H3318
to go out
וְאֹתִ֥י
ʼêth
H853
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לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יָדָ֖עוּ
yâdaʻ
H3045
to know
נְאֻם
nᵉʼum
H5002
utterance
יְהוָֽה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
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World English Bible Public Domain
They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.
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King James Version Public Domain
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
“And they tread on their tongues their bow, lies, and not for truth they are strong in the land. For from evil thing to evil thing they go, and they do not know me,”—the declaration of Yahweh.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).