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Jeremiah 2:23

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

KJV

How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֵ֣יךְ'eikhhow?H349
תֹּאמְרִ֞יtom.Riwill you sayH559
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
נִטְמֵ֗אתִיnit.Me.tiI have made myself uncleanH2930
אַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
הַבְּעָלִים֙ha.be.'a.Limthe BaalsH1168
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
הָלַ֔כְתִּיha.Lakh.tiI have walkedH1980
רְאִ֤יre.'IconsiderH7200
דַרְכֵּךְ֙dar.keKhconduct yourH1870
בַּגַּ֔יְאba.Gay'in the valleyH1516
דְּעִ֖יde.'IrecognizeH3045
מֶ֣הmehwhat?H4100
עָשִׂ֑ית'a.Sithave you doneH6213
בִּכְרָ֥הbikh.Raha young camelH1072
קַלָּ֖הka.LahswiftH7031
מְשָׂרֶ֥כֶתme.sa.Re.khetentwiningH8308
דְּרָכֶֽיהָ׃de.ra.Khei.hapaths itsH1870

The walk

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