Jeremiah 22:17
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
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ASV
But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
KJV
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
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17 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| אֵ֤ין | 'ein | [are] not | H369 → |
| עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ | 'ei.Nei.kha | eyes your | H5869 → |
| וְלִבְּךָ֔ | ve.li.be.Kha | and heart your | H3820 → |
| כִּ֖י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| אִם־ | 'im- | except | H518 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| בִּצְעֶ֑ךָ | bitz.'E.kha | unjust gain your | H1215 → |
| וְעַ֤ל | ve.'Al | and on | H5921 → |
| דַּֽם־ | dam- | [the] blood of | H1818 → |
| הַנָּקִי֙ | ha.na.Ki | the innocent [person] | H5355 → |
| לִשְׁפּ֔וֹךְ | lish.Pokh | to shed [it] | H8210 → |
| וְעַל־ | ve.'al- | and on | H5921 → |
| הָעֹ֥שֶׁק | ha.'O.shek | <the> oppression | H6233 → |
| וְעַל־ | ve.'al- | and on | H5921 → |
| הַמְּרוּצָ֖ה | ha.me.ru.Tzah | <the> extortion | H4835 → |
| לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃ ס | la.'a.Sot | to do [it] | H6213 → |
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