Jeremiah

Jeremiah 18:20

²⁰Should good be repaid with evil?

Yet they have dug a pit for me.

Remember how I stood before You

to speak good on their behalf,

to turn Your wrath from them.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Should good	טוֹבָה֙	ṭō·w·ḇāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
be repaid	הַיְשֻׁלַּ֤ם	hay·šul·lam	Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7999 be complete, sound
with	תַּֽחַת־	ta·ḥaṯ-	Preposition	H8478 the under part
evil	רָעָ֔ה	rā·‘āh	Adjective - feminine singular	H7451 bad, evil
Yet	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they have dug	כָר֥וּ	ḵā·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3738 dig
a pit	שׁוּחָ֖ה	šū·ḥāh	Noun - feminine singular	H7745 pit
for me	לְנַפְשִׁ֑י	lə·nap̄·šî	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
Remember	זְכֹ֣ר׀	zə·ḵōr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H2142 remember
how I stood	עָמְדִ֣י	‘ā·mə·ḏî	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H5975 take one's stand, stand
before You	לְפָנֶ֗יךָ	lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā	Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
to speak	לְדַבֵּ֤ר	lə·ḏab·bêr	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct	H1696 speak
good	טוֹבָ֔ה	ṭō·w·ḇāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
on their behalf	עֲלֵיהֶם֙	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
to turn	לְהָשִׁ֥יב	lə·hā·šîḇ	Preposition-l; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H7725 turn back, return
Your wrath	חֲמָתְךָ֖	ḥă·mā·ṯə·ḵā	Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H2534 heat, rage
from them	מֵהֶֽם׃	mê·hem	Preposition-m; Pronoun - third person masculine plural

Cross-references

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

Psalm 35:7 · Psalm 57:6 · Psalm 106:23 · 1 Samuel 24:17–19 · Psalm 35:12 · Psalm 119:95 · Jeremiah 18:22 · Psalm 109:4–5 · Proverbs 26:27 · Ecclesiastes 10:8 · Genesis 18:22–32 · Zechariah 3:1–2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.