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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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| הַיְשֻׁלַּ֤ם | hay.shu.Lam | ¿ will it be repaid | H7999 → |
| תַּֽחַת־ | ta.chat- | in place of | H8478 → |
| טוֹבָה֙ | to.Vah | good | H2896 → |
| רָעָ֔ה | ra.'Ah | evil | H7451 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → |
| כָר֥וּ | kha.Ru | they have dug | H3738 → |
| שׁוּחָ֖ה | shu.Chah | a pit | H7745 → |
| לְנַפְשִׁ֑י | le.naf.Shi | for self my | H5315 → |
| זְכֹ֣ר׀ | ze.Khor | remember | H2142 → |
| עָמְדִ֣י | 'a.me.Di | standing my | H5975 → |
| לְפָנֶ֗יךָ | le.fa.Nei.kha | <to> before you | H6440 → |
| לְדַבֵּ֤ר | le.da.Ber | to speak | H1696 → |
| עֲלֵיהֶם֙ | 'a.lei.Hem | on them | H5921 → |
| טוֹבָ֔ה | to.Vah | good | H2896 → |
| לְהָשִׁ֥יב | le.ha.Shiv | to turn back | H7725 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| חֲמָתְךָ֖ | cha.ma.te.Kha | rage your | H2534 → |
| מֵהֶֽם׃ | me.Hem | from <the> them |
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