Jeremiah
Jeremiah 31:16
16This is what the LORD says:
“Keep your voice from weeping
and your eyes from tears,
for the reward for your work will come,
declares the LORD.
Then your children will return
from the land of the enemy.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This is what | כֹּ֣ה׀ | kōh | Adverb | H3541 thus, here |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֗ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| says | אָמַ֣ר | ’ā·mar | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| Keep | מִנְעִ֤י | min·‘î | Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular | H4513 withhold, hold back |
| your voice | קוֹלֵךְ֙ | qō·w·lêḵ | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H6963 sound, voice |
| from weeping | מִבֶּ֔כִי | mib·be·ḵî | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular | H1065 weeping |
| and your eyes | וְעֵינַ֖יִךְ | wə·‘ê·na·yiḵ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - cdc; second person feminine singular | H5869 eye |
| from tears | מִדִּמְעָ֑ה | mid·dim·‘āh | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular | H1832 tears |
| for | כִּי֩ | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| the reward | שָׂכָ֤ר | śā·ḵār | Noun - masculine singular | H7939 hire, wages |
| for your work | לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ֙ | lip̄·‘ul·lā·ṯêḵ | Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singular | H6468 work, recompence |
| will come | יֵ֨שׁ | yêš | Adverb | H3426 being, substance, existence |
| declares | נְאֻם־ | nə·’um- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| Then | וְשָׁ֖בוּ | wə·šā·ḇū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | H7725 turn back, return |
| from the land | מֵאֶ֥רֶץ | mê·’e·reṣ | Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| of the enemy | אוֹיֵֽב׃ | ’ō·w·yêḇ | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H341 be hostile to |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Ruth 2:12 · Hebrews 6:10 · Jeremiah 30:3 · Hebrews 11:6 · Jeremiah 33:7 · 2 Chronicles 15:7 · Ecclesiastes 9:7 · Jeremiah 30:18 · Mark 5:38–39 · Isaiah 30:19 · Psalm 30:5 · Jeremiah 23:3
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.