Jeremiah
Jeremiah 45:5
5But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But as for you | וְאַתָּ֛ה | wə·’at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| do you seek | תְּבַקֶּשׁ־ | tə·ḇaq·qeš- | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H1245 seek |
| great things | גְדֹל֖וֹת | ḡə·ḏō·lō·wṯ | Adjective - feminine plural | H1419 great |
| for yourself | לְךָ֥ | lə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| Stop | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| seeking | תְּבַקֵּ֑שׁ | tə·ḇaq·qêš | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H1245 seek |
| For | כִּ֡י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I will bring | מֵבִ֨יא | mê·ḇî | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| disaster | רָעָ֤ה | rā·‘āh | Adjective - feminine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| on | עַל־ | ‘al- | Preposition | H5921 height |
| every | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| living creature | בָּשָׂר֙ | bā·śār | Noun - masculine singular | H1320 flesh |
| declares | נְאֻם־ | nə·’um- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5002 utterance |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| but wherever | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| you go | תֵּֽלֶךְ־ | tê·leḵ- | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| I will grant | וְנָתַתִּ֨י | wə·nā·ṯat·tî | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| your life | נַפְשְׁךָ֙ | nap̄·šə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| as a spoil of war | לְשָׁלָ֔ל | lə·šā·lāl | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular | H7998 prey, spoil, plunder, booty |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 39:18 · Hebrews 13:5 · 1 Timothy 6:6–9 · Romans 12:16 · Matthew 6:25–32 · Jeremiah 21:9 · Jeremiah 25:26 · Genesis 6:12 · Zephaniah 3:8 · 2 Kings 5:26 · Jeremiah 38:2 · 1 Corinthians 7:26–32
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.