Jeremiah

Jeremiah 12:5

⁵“If you have raced with men on foot

and they have worn you out,

how can you compete with horses?

If you stumble in a peaceful land,

how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
you have raced	רַ֙צְתָּה֙	raṣ·tāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H7323 run
with	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Preposition	H854 with
men on foot	רַגְלִ֥ים׀	raḡ·lîm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7273 on foot
and they have worn you out	וַיַּלְא֔וּךָ	way·yal·’ū·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; second person masculine singular	H3811 be weary, impatient
how	וְאֵ֥יךְ	wə·’êḵ	Conjunctive waw; Interjection	H349 How?
can you compete	תְּתַֽחֲרֶ֖ה	tə·ṯa·ḥă·reh	Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H8474 vie with a rival
with	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Preposition	H854 with
horses	הַסּוּסִ֑ים	has·sū·sîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H5483 swallow or swift
If you	אַתָּ֣ה	’at·tāh	Pronoun - second person masculine singular	H859 thou
stumble	בוֹטֵ֔חַ	ḇō·w·ṭê·aḥ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H982 trust
in a peaceful	שָׁלוֹם֙	šā·lō·wm	Noun - masculine singular	H7965 completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
land	וּבְאֶ֤רֶץ	ū·ḇə·’e·reṣ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
how	וְאֵ֥יךְ	wə·’êḵ	Conjunctive waw; Interjection	H349 How?
will you do	תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה	ta·‘ă·śeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
in the thickets	בִּגְא֥וֹן	biḡ·’ō·wn	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H1347 exaltation
of the Jordan	הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃	hay·yar·dên	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3383 Jordan

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

1 Peter 4:12 · Proverbs 24:10 · Hebrews 12:3–4 · Psalm 69:1–2 · Jeremiah 49:19 · Psalm 42:7 · Proverbs 3:11 · Jeremiah 50:44 · Joshua 3:15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.