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Jeremiah 18:20

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

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ASV

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

KJV

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַיְשֻׁלַּ֤םhay.shu.Lam¿ will it be repaidH7999
תַּֽחַת־ta.chat-in place ofH8478
טוֹבָה֙to.VahgoodH2896
רָעָ֔הra.'AhevilH7451
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588
כָר֥וּkha.Ruthey have dugH3738
שׁוּחָ֖הshu.Chaha pitH7745
לְנַפְשִׁ֑יle.naf.Shifor self myH5315
זְכֹ֣ר׀ze.KhorrememberH2142
עָמְדִ֣י'a.me.Distanding myH5975
לְפָנֶ֗יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440
לְדַבֵּ֤רle.da.Berto speakH1696
עֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.Hemon themH5921
טוֹבָ֔הto.VahgoodH2896
לְהָשִׁ֥יבle.ha.Shivto turn backH7725
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
חֲמָתְךָ֖cha.ma.te.Kharage yourH2534
מֵהֶֽם׃me.Hemfrom <the> them

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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