Jeremiah 17:11
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
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ASV
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
KJV
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| קֹרֵ֤א | ko.Re' | a partridge | H7124 → |
| דָגַר֙ | da.Gar | [which] it gathers a brood | H1716 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| יָלָ֔ד | ya.Lad | it has laid | H3205 → |
| עֹ֥שֶׂה | 'O.seh | [one who] makes | H6213 → |
| עֹ֖שֶׁר | 'O.sher | wealth | H6239 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט | ve.mish.Pat | with justice | H4941 → |
| בַּחֲצִ֤י | ba.cha.Tzi | in [the] middle of | H2677 → |
| יָמָיו֙ | yo.mov | days his | H3117 → |
| יַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּ | ya.'az.Ve.nu | it will leave him | H5800 → |
| וּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ | u.ve.'a.cha.ri.To | and at end his | H319 → |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yih.Yeh | he will be | H1961 → |
| נָבָֽל׃ | na.Val | a fool | H5036 → |
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