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Jeremiah 6:16

This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’

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ASV

Thus saith Jehovah, Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk therein.

KJV

Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֣הkohthusH3541
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֡הYah.wehYahwehH3068
עִמְדוּ֩'im.DustandH5975
עַל־'al-atH5921
דְּרָכִ֨יםde.ra.Khim[the] roadsH1870
וּרְא֜וּu.re.'Uand lookH7200
וְשַׁאֲל֣וּ׀ve.sha.'a.Luand askH7592
לִנְתִב֣וֹתlin.ti.Votof paths ofH5410
עוֹלָ֗םo.Lamancient timeH5769
אֵי־'ei-where?H335
זֶ֨הzehthisH2088
דֶ֤רֶךְDe.rekh[is] [the] way ofH1870
הַטּוֹב֙ha.tOvthe goodH2896
וּלְכוּ־u.le.khu-and walkH1980
בָ֔הּVahin <the> it
וּמִצְא֥וּu.mitz.'Uand findH4672
מַרְגּ֖וֹעַmar.Go.a'restH4771
לְנַפְשְׁכֶ֑םle.naf.she.Khemfor self yourH5315
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
נֵלֵֽךְ׃ne.Lekhwe will walkH1980

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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