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Jeremiah 20:12 — King James Version← Study notes

But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.


Jeremiah 20:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Jeremiah 20:1215 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יהוָ֤הwayhwāh
LORDconjH3068
the Lord. Compare
צְבָאוֹת֙ṣəbāʾwōt
appointed timenounH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
בֹּחֵ֣ןbōḥēn
examineverbH974
prove · tempt · try
צַדִּ֔יקṣadiyq
justadjH6662
lawful · righteous
רֹאֶ֥הrōʾeh
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
כְלָי֖וֹתkəlāywōt
kidneysnounH3629
reins
וָ/לֵ֑בwālēb
heartconjH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
אֶרְאֶ֤הʾerəʾeh
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
נִקְמָֽתְ/ךָ֙niqəmātəkā
revengenounH5360
avenge · vengeance
מֵ/הֶ֔םmēhem
pron
כִּ֥יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֵלֶ֖י/ךָʾēleykā
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
גִּלִּ֥יתִיgiliytiy
appearverbH1540
advertise · bewray · bring · (carry ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
רִיבִֽ/יriybiy
causenounH7379
adversary · chiding · contend · controversy ···
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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