Jeremiah 20:9
If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
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ASV
And if I say, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with forbearing, and I cannot contain.
KJV
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְאָמַרְתִּ֣י | ve.'a.mar.Ti | and I will say | H559 → |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| אֶזְכְּרֶ֗נּוּ | 'ez.ke.Re.nu | I will remember him | H2142 → |
| וְלֹֽא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| אֲדַבֵּ֥ר | 'a.da.Ber | I will speak | H1696 → |
| עוֹד֙ | 'Od | again | H5750 → |
| בִּשְׁמ֔וֹ | bish.Mo | in name his | H8034 → |
| וְהָיָ֤ה | ve.ha.Yah | and it will become | H1961 → |
| בְלִבִּי֙ | ve.li.Bi | in heart my | H3820 → |
| כְּאֵ֣שׁ | ke.'Esh | like a fire | H784 → |
| בֹּעֶ֔רֶת | bo.'E.ret | burning | H1197 → |
| עָצֻ֖ר | 'a.Tzur | shut up | H6113 → |
| בְּעַצְמֹתָ֑י | be.'atz.mo.Tai | in bones my | H6106 → |
| וְנִלְאֵ֥יתִי | ve.nil.'Ei.ti | and I will be weary | H3811 → |
| כַּֽלְכֵ֖ל | kal.Khel | to hold [it] in | H3557 → |
| וְלֹ֥א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| אוּכָֽל׃ | 'u.Khal | I will be able | H3201 → |
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