Jeremiah 1:17
Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.
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ASV
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.
KJV
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
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Commentary
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּה֙ | ve.'a.Tah | and you | H859 → |
| תֶּאְזֹ֣ר | te'.Zor | you will gird | H247 → |
| מָתְנֶ֔יךָ | ma.te.Nei.kha | loins your | H4975 → |
| וְקַמְתָּ֙ | ve.kam.Ta | and you will arise | H6965 → |
| וְדִבַּרְתָּ֣ | ve.di.bar.Ta | and you will say | H1696 → |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם | 'a.lei.Hem | to them | H413 → |
| אֵ֛ת | 'et | <obj.> | H853 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | 'a.Sher | that | H834 → |
| אָנֹכִ֖י | 'a.no.Khi | I | H595 → |
| אֲצַוֶּ֑ךָּ | 'a.tza.Ve.ka | I will command you | H6680 → |
| אַל־ | 'al- | may not | H408 → |
| תֵּחַת֙ | te.Chat | you be dismayed | H2865 → |
| מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם | mi.pe.nei.Hem | <from> because of them | H6440 → |
| פֶּֽן־ | pen- | lest | H6435 → |
| אֲחִתְּךָ֖ | 'a.chi.te.Kha | I should make dismayed you | H2865 → |
| לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ | lif.nei.Hem | <to> before them | H6440 → |
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