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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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֣ה | koh | thus | H3541 → |
| אָמַ֣ר | 'a.Mar | he says | H559 → |
| יְהוָ֡ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| עִמְדוּ֩ | 'im.Du | stand | H5975 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | at | H5921 → |
| דְּרָכִ֨ים | de.ra.Khim | [the] roads | H1870 → |
| וּרְא֜וּ | u.re.'U | and look | H7200 → |
| וְשַׁאֲל֣וּ׀ | ve.sha.'a.Lu | and ask | H7592 → |
| לִנְתִב֣וֹת | lin.ti.Vot | of paths of | H5410 → |
| עוֹלָ֗ם | o.Lam | ancient time | H5769 → |
| אֵי־ | 'ei- | where? | H335 → |
| זֶ֨ה | zeh | this | H2088 → |
| דֶ֤רֶךְ | De.rekh | [is] [the] way of | H1870 → |
| הַטּוֹב֙ | ha.tOv | the good | H2896 → |
| וּלְכוּ־ | u.le.khu- | and walk | H1980 → |
| בָ֔הּ | Vah | in <the> it | |
| וּמִצְא֥וּ | u.mitz.'U | and find | H4672 → |
| מַרְגּ֖וֹעַ | mar.Go.a' | rest | H4771 → |
| לְנַפְשְׁכֶ֑ם | le.naf.she.Khem | for self your | H5315 → |
| וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ | vai.yo.me.Ru | and they said | H559 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| נֵלֵֽךְ׃ | ne.Lekh | we will walk | H1980 → |
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