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Jeremiah 12:5 — King James Version← Study notes

If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?


Jeremiah 12:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 12:517 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
ifconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֶתʾet
withpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
רַגְלִ֥יםragəliym
foot soldiersadjH7273
רַ֨צְתָּה֙raṣətāh
you have runverbH7323
divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···
וַ/יַּלְא֔וּ/ךָwayaləʾwkā
and they have made weary youconjH3811
grieve · lothe · (be · make) weary
וְ/אֵ֥יךְwəʾēykə
and how?conjH349
what
תְּתַֽחֲרֶ֖הtətaḥăreh
will you competeverbH8474
contend
אֶתʾet
withpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
הַ/סּוּסִ֑יםhaswsiym
the horsesparticleH5483
horse (-back · -hoof). Compare
וּ/בְ/אֶ֤רֶץwbəʾereṣ
and in a land ofconjH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
שָׁלוֹם֙šālwōm
safetynounH7965
do · fare · favour · friend ···
אַתָּ֣הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
בוֹטֵ֔חַbwōṭēḥa
are falling to the groundverbH982
secure · sure) · careless (one · woman) ···
וְ/אֵ֥יךְwəʾēykə
and how?conjH349
what
תַּעֲשֶׂ֖הtaʿăśeh
will you doverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
בִּ/גְא֥וֹןbigəʾwōn
in the thicket ofpronH1347
excellency · majesty · pomp · pride ···
הַ/יַּרְדֵּֽןhayarədēn
the JordanparticleH3383
Words 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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