Jeremiah
Jeremiah 8:8–9
8How can you say, ‘We are wise,
and the Law of the LORD is with us,’
when in fact the lying pen of the scribes
has produced a deception?
9The wise will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed and trapped.
Since they have rejected the word of the LORD,
what wisdom do they really have?
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Jeremiah 8:8
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | אֵיכָ֤ה | ’ê·ḵāh | Interjection | H349 How? |
| can you say | תֹֽאמְרוּ֙ | ṯō·mə·rū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H559 utter, say |
| We | אֲנַ֔חְנוּ | ’ă·naḥ·nū | Pronoun - first person common plural | H587 we |
| are wise | חֲכָמִ֣ים | ḥă·ḵā·mîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H2450 wise |
| and the Law | וְתוֹרַ֥ת | wə·ṯō·w·raṯ | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct | H8451 direction, instruction, law |
| of the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| is with us | אִתָּ֑נוּ | ’it·tā·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H854 with |
| when in fact | אָכֵן֙ | ’ā·ḵên | Adverb | H403 surely, truly |
| the lying | לַשֶּׁ֣קֶר | laš·še·qer | Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H8267 deception, disappointment, falsehood |
| pen | עֵ֖ט | ‘êṭ | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5842 stylus |
| of the scribes | סֹפְרִֽים׃ | sō·p̄ə·rîm | Noun - masculine plural | H5608 count |
| has produced | עָשָׂ֔ה | ‘ā·śāh | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| a deception | שֶׁ֥קֶר | še·qer | Noun - masculine singular construct | H8267 deception, disappointment, falsehood |
Jeremiah 8:9
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The wise | חֲכָמִ֔ים | ḥă·ḵā·mîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H2450 wise |
| will be put to shame | הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ | hō·ḇî·šū | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural | H954 be ashamed |
| they will be dismayed | חַ֖תּוּ | ḥat·tū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H2865 be shattered, dismayed |
| and trapped | וַיִּלָּכֵ֑דוּ | way·yil·lā·ḵê·ḏū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot) |
| Since | הִנֵּ֤ה | hin·nêh | Interjection | H2009 lo! behold! |
| they have rejected | מָאָ֔סוּ | mā·’ā·sū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H3988 reject |
| the word | בִדְבַר־ | ḇiḏ·ḇar- | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H1697 speech, word |
| of the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| what | מֶ֖ה | meh | Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| wisdom | וְחָכְמַֽת־ | wə·ḥā·ḵə·maṯ- | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct | H2451 wisdom |
| do they really have | לָהֶֽם׃ס | lā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Jeremiah 8:8 Isaiah 10:1–2 · John 9:41 · Job 5:12–13 · Matthew 15:6 · 1 Corinthians 3:18–20 · Romans 1:22 · Psalm 147:19 · Job 12:20 · Job 11:12 · Hosea 8:12 · Romans 2:17–29
Jeremiah 8:9 Psalm 119:98–100 · Jeremiah 6:15 · Job 5:12 · Deuteronomy 4:6 · Psalm 19:7 · Jeremiah 6:19 · Isaiah 19:11 · 1 Corinthians 1:18–29 · 2 Timothy 3:15 · Jeremiah 49:7 · Isaiah 8:20 · Ezekiel 7:26
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.