Jeremiah

Jeremiah 17:10–11

¹⁰I, the LORD, search the heart;

I examine the mind^b

to reward a man according to his way,

by what his deeds deserve.

¹¹Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay

is the man who makes a fortune unjustly.

In the middle of his days his riches will desert him,

and in the end he will be the fool.”

Footnotes

b 17:10 Hebrew kidneys

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Jeremiah 17:10

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I	אֲנִ֧י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
the LORD	יְהוָ֛ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
search	חֹקֵ֥ר	ḥō·qêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H2713 search
the heart	לֵ֖ב	lêḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
I examine	בֹּחֵ֣ן	bō·ḥên	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H974 examine, try
the mind	כְּלָי֑וֹת	kə·lā·yō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H3629 kidneys
to reward	וְלָתֵ֤ת	wə·lā·ṯêṯ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5414 give, put, set
a man	לְאִישׁ֙	lə·’îš	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
according to his way	כְּדַרְכּוֹ	kə·ḏar·kō	Preposition-k; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
by what his deeds	מַעֲלָלָֽיו׃ס	ma·‘ă·lā·lāw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4611 deed, practice
deserve	כִּפְרִ֖י	kip̄·rî	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6529 fruit

Jeremiah 17:11

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Like a partridge	קֹרֵ֤א	qō·rê	Noun - masculine singular	H7124 partridge
hatching eggs	דָגַר֙	ḏā·ḡar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1716 gather together as a brood
it did not	וְלֹ֣א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
lay	יָלָ֔ד	yā·lāḏ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
is the man who makes	עֹ֥שֶׂה	‘ō·śeh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6213 do, make
a fortune	עֹ֖שֶׁר	‘ō·šer	Noun - masculine singular	H6239 be or become rich
unjustly	בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט	ḇə·miš·pāṭ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H4941 judgment
In the middle	בַּחֲצִ֤י	ba·ḥă·ṣî	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular construct	H2677 half
of his days	יֹמוֹ	yō·mō	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H3117 day
his riches will desert him	יַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּ	ya·‘az·ḇen·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine singular	H5800 leave, forsake, loose
and in the end	וּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ	ū·ḇə·’a·ḥă·rî·ṯōw	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H319 after-part, end
he will be	יִהְיֶ֥ה	yih·yeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
the fool	נָבָֽל׃	nā·ḇāl	Adjective - masculine singular	H5036 foolish, senseless

Cross-references

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Jeremiah 17:10 1 Samuel 16:7 · Romans 8:27 · Jeremiah 11:20 · Revelation 2:23 · Hebrews 4:12–13 · Psalm 139:23–24 · Jeremiah 32:19 · Jeremiah 20:12 · 1 Chronicles 28:9 · Galatians 6:7–8 · Proverbs 17:3 · Revelation 22:12

Jeremiah 17:11 Proverbs 28:20 · Proverbs 21:6 · Jeremiah 22:17 · Jeremiah 22:13 · Proverbs 28:8 · Proverbs 15:27 · Habakkuk 2:6–12 · 2 Peter 2:14 · Ecclesiastes 5:13–16 · Proverbs 13:11 · Psalm 55:23 · Proverbs 28:22

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.