Jeremiah 4:30
And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn yourself with gold jewelry, though you enlarge your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain; your lovers despise you; they want to take your life.
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ASV
And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.
KJV
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַ֨תְּ | ve.'a.ti | and you | H859 → |
| שָׁד֜וּד | sha.Dud | O devastated [one] | H7703 → |
| מַֽה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → |
| תַּעֲשִׂ֗י | ta.'a.Si | are you doing | H6213 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| תִלְבְּשִׁ֨י | til.be.Shi | you are dressing | H3847 → |
| שָׁנִ֜י | sha.Ni | scarlet | H8144 → |
| כִּי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| תַעְדִּ֣י | ta'.Di | you ornament yourself | H5710 → |
| עֲדִי־ | 'a.di- | ornament[s] of | H5716 → |
| זָהָ֗ב | za.Hav | gold | H2091 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| תִקְרְעִ֤י | tik.re.'I | you tear open | H7167 → |
| בַפּוּךְ֙ | va.puKh | with <the> eye-paint | H6320 → |
| עֵינַ֔יִךְ | 'ei.Na.yikh | eyes your | H5869 → |
| לַשָּׁ֖וְא | la.Shav' | for <the> vanity | H7723 → |
| תִּתְיַפִּ֑י | tit.ya.Pi | you beautify yourself | H3302 → |
| מָאֲסוּ־ | ma.'a.su- | they have rejected | H3988 → |
| בָ֥ךְ | vakh | <in> <the> you | |
| עֹגְבִ֖ים | 'o.ge.Vim | lovers | H5689 → |
| נַפְשֵׁ֥ךְ | naf.Shekh | life your | H5315 → |
| יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ | ye.va.Ke.shu | they seek | H1245 → |
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