Jeremiah 48:30 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 48:30

I know his insolence,” declares the LORD, “but it is futile. His boasting is as empty as his deeds.

BSB

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ASV

I know his wrath, saith Jehovah, that it is nought; his boastings have wrought nothing.

KJV

I know his wrath, saith the Lord; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Against the Pelagians 2.29 (420)

Let heretics give heed.… "His haughtiness and his arrogance and his pride and the loftiness of his heart I know," says the Lord, "because his strength is not according to the loftiness of his boasts."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But it shall not be so - Most commentators translate, “I know, saith Jehovah, his arrogancy, and the emptiness of his boastings; they have worked emptiness.”

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

CALVIN translates, "his lies are not right (that is, his vauntings are vain because God will not give them effect); they shall not do so" as they project in their minds, for God will set at naught their plans.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲנִ֤י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙	ya.Da'.Ti	I know	H3045 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
עֶבְרָת֖וֹ	ev.ra.To	arrogance its	H5678 →
וְלֹא־	ve.lo'-	and [it is] not	H3808 →
כֵ֑ן	Khen	right	H3651 →
בַּדָּ֖יו	ba.Dav	empty boasts its	H907 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
כֵ֥ן	khen	right	H3651 →
עָשֽׂוּ׃	'a.Su	they have accomplished	H6213 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H5002neum-[the] utterance of376×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 33:10
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
leads to
- Isaiah 44:25
  who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 21:11
  Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
- Job 5:12–13
  He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
- Proverbs 21:30
  There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 15:31
  Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
Through
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
leads to
- Acts 5:39
  But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
- Proverbs 19:21
  Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Jeremiah 9:23
  This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Jeremiah