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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.”

BSB

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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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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
קֹרֵ֤אko.Re'a partridgeH7124
דָגַר֙da.Gar[which] it gathers a broodH1716
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יָלָ֔דya.Ladit has laidH3205
עֹ֥שֶׂה'O.seh[one who] makesH6213
עֹ֖שֶׁר'O.sherwealthH6239
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
בְמִשְׁפָּ֑טve.mish.Patwith justiceH4941
בַּחֲצִ֤יba.cha.Tziin [the] middle ofH2677
יָמָיו֙yo.movdays hisH3117
יַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּya.'az.Ve.nuit will leave himH5800
וּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹu.ve.'a.cha.ri.Toand at end hisH319
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehhe will beH1961
נָבָֽל׃na.Vala foolH5036

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain