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Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

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ASV

Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

KJV

Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
תְּנוּ֩te.NugiveH5414 →
לַיהוָ֨הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֤ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430 →
כָּבוֹד֙ka.VodgloryH3519 →
בְּטֶ֣רֶםbe.Te.rem<in> beforeH2962 →
יַחְשִׁ֔ךְyach.Shikhhe will bring darknessH2821 →
וּבְטֶ֛רֶםu.ve.Te.remand <in> beforeH2962 →
יִֽתְנַגְּפ֥וּyit.na.ge.Futhey will stumbleH5062 →
רַגְלֵיכֶ֖םrag.lei.Khemfeet yourH7272 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הָ֣רֵיHa.reimountains ofH2022 →
נָ֑שֶׁףNa.sheftwilightH5399 →
וְקִוִּיתֶ֤םve.ki.vi.Temand you will waitH6960 →
לְאוֹר֙le.'Orfor lightH216 →
וְשָׂמָ֣הּve.sa.Mahand he will make itH7760 →
לְצַלְמָ֔וֶתle.tzal.Ma.vetinto deep darknessH6757 →
וְשִׁ֖יתve.ya.shitand he will make [it]H7896 →
לַעֲרָפֶֽל׃la.'a.ra.Felinto thick darknessH6205 →

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Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,Isaiah 59:9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.Isaiah 8:22Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.Matthew 4:16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.Isaiah 60:2For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.Joshua 7:19So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”Isaiah 5:30In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.John 11:10But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”Amos 8:9–10And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”Exodus 10:21Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, so that darkness may spread over the land of Egypt—a palpable darkness.”1 Samuel 6:5Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.John 12:35Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.Jeremiah 4:23I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.Jeremiah 23:12“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.Psalms 44:19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.

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