Jeremiah
Jeremiah 32:17–19
17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
18You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the lapsc of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts, 19the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
Footnotes
- c 32:18 Hebrew into the bosom
Word by word
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Jeremiah 32:17
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oh | אֲהָהּ֮ | ’ă·hāh | Interjection | H162 alas! |
| Lord | אֲדֹנָ֣י | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H136 lord |
| GOD | יְהוִה֒ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3069 Yahweh |
| You | אַתָּ֣ה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| have made | עָשִׂ֗יתָ | ‘ā·śî·ṯā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| the heavens | הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ | haš·šā·ma·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8064 sky, aloft |
| and the earth | הָאָ֔רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| by Your great | הַגָּד֔וֹל | hag·gā·ḏō·wl | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H1419 great |
| power | בְּכֹֽחֲךָ֙ | bə·ḵō·ḥă·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3581 strength, power |
| and outstretched | הַנְּטוּיָ֑ה | han·nə·ṭū·yāh | Article; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular | H5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend |
| arm | וּבִֽזְרֹעֲךָ֖ | ū·ḇiz·rō·‘ă·ḵā | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H2220 arm, shoulder, strength |
| Nothing | לֹֽא־ | lō- | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| is too difficult | יִפָּלֵ֥א | yip·pā·lê | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6381 be surpassing, extraordinary |
| for You | מִמְּךָ֖ | mim·mə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
Jeremiah 32:18
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You show | עֹ֤שֶׂה | ‘ō·śeh | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| loving devotion | חֶ֙סֶד֙ | ḥe·seḏ | Noun - masculine singular | H2617 goodness, kindness |
| to thousands | לַֽאֲלָפִ֔ים | la·’ă·lā·p̄îm | Preposition-l; Number - masculine plural | H505 thousand |
| but lay | וּמְשַׁלֵּם֙ | ū·mə·šal·lêm | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular | H7999 be complete, sound |
| the iniquity | עֲוֺ֣ן | ‘ă·wōn | Noun - common singular construct | H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity |
| of the fathers | אָב֔וֹת | ’ā·ḇō·wṯ | Noun - masculine plural | H1 father |
| into | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the laps | חֵ֥יק | ḥêq | Noun - masculine singular construct | H2436 bosom |
| of their children | בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם | bə·nê·hem | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural | H1121 son |
| after them | אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם | ’a·ḥă·rê·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | H310 behind |
| O great | הַגָּדוֹל֙ | hag·gā·ḏō·wl | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H1419 great |
| and mighty | הַגִּבּ֔וֹר | hag·gib·bō·wr | Article; Adjective - masculine singular | H1368 strong, mighty |
| God | הָאֵ֤ל | hā·’êl | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H410 god |
| whose name | שְׁמֽוֹ׃ | šə·mōw | Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H8034 name |
| is the LORD | יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| of Hosts | צְבָא֖וֹת | ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ | Noun - common plural | H6635 army, war, warfare |
Jeremiah 32:19
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the One great | גְּדֹל֙ | gə·ḏōl | Adjective - masculine singular construct | H1419 great |
| in counsel | הָֽעֵצָ֔ה | hā·‘ê·ṣāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H6098 counsel, advice |
| and mighty | וְרַ֖ב | wə·raḇ | Conjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine singular | H7227 much, many, great |
| in deed | הָעֲלִֽילִיָּ֑ה | hā·‘ă·lî·lî·yāh | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H5950 deed |
| whose | אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| eyes | עֵינֶ֣יךָ | ‘ê·ne·ḵā | Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular | H5869 eye |
| are on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| all | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the ways | דַּרְכֵי֙ | dar·ḵê | Noun - common plural construct | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| of the sons | בְּנֵ֣י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| of men | אָדָ֔ם | ’ā·ḏām | Noun - masculine singular | H120 man, mankind |
| to reward | לָתֵ֤ת | lā·ṯêṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H5414 give, put, set |
| each one | לְאִישׁ֙ | lə·’îš | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| according to his ways | כִּדְרָכָ֔יו | kiḏ·rā·ḵāw | Preposition-k; Noun - common plural construct; third person masculine singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| and according to the fruit | וְכִפְרִ֖י | wə·ḵip̄·rî | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6529 fruit |
| of his deeds | מַעֲלָלָֽיו׃ | ma·‘ă·lā·lāw | Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular | H4611 deed, practice |
Cross-references
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Jeremiah 32:17 Luke 1:37 · Jeremiah 32:27 · Genesis 18:14 · Job 42:2 · Matthew 19:26 · Exodus 20:11 · Jeremiah 27:5 · Genesis 1:1–31 · John 1:1–3 · Luke 18:27 · Jeremiah 10:11–12 · 2 Kings 19:15
Jeremiah 32:18 Jeremiah 10:16 · Deuteronomy 5:9–10 · Exodus 34:7 · Exodus 20:5–6 · Deuteronomy 7:9–10 · Isaiah 10:21 · Numbers 14:18 · Deuteronomy 10:17 · 1 Kings 16:1–3 · Matthew 27:25 · Isaiah 9:6 · Isaiah 57:15
Jeremiah 32:19 Jeremiah 17:10 · Matthew 16:27 · Psalm 62:12 · Isaiah 28:29 · Jeremiah 16:17 · Job 34:21 · Revelation 2:23 · Revelation 22:12 · Jeremiah 23:24 · Proverbs 5:21 · Hebrews 4:13 · Isaiah 40:13
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.