Jeremiah 12:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?”

Jeremiah 12:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 12:118 words

HebrewMeaning

צַדִּ֤יקṣadiyq

justadjH6662

lawful · righteous

אַתָּה֙ʾatāh

theeprepH859

thou · ye · you

יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

כִּ֥יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אָרִ֖יבʾāriyb

adversaryverbH7378

chide · complain · contend · debate ···

אֵלֶ֑י/ךָʾēleykā

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

אַ֤ךְʾakə

alsoparticleH389

in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···

מִשְׁפָּטִים֙mišəpāṭiym

ceremonynounH4941

adversary · charge · crime · custom ···

אֲדַבֵּ֣רʾădabēr

answerverbH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

אוֹתָ֔/ךְʾwōtākə

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

מַדּ֗וּעַmadwʿa

howparticleH4069

wherefore · why

דֶּ֤רֶךְderekə

alongnounH1870

away · because of · by · conversation ···

רְשָׁעִים֙rəšāʿiym

guiltyadjH7563

condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong

צָלֵ֔חָהṣālēḥāh

break outverbH6743

come · go over · be good · be meet ···

שָׁל֖וּšālw

be happyverbH7951

prosper · be in safety

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

בֹּ֥גְדֵיbōgədēy

deal deceitfully (treacherouslyverbH898

unfaithfully) · offend · transgress · treacherous (dealer ···

בָֽגֶדbāged

apparelnounH899

cloth(-es · ing) · garment · lap ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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