Jeremiah 9:12
Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?
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ASV
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?
KJV
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
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20 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| מִֽי־ | mi- | who? | H4310 → |
| הָאִ֤ישׁ | ha.'Ish | [is] the person | H376 → |
| הֶֽחָכָם֙ | he.cha.Kham | <the> wise | H2450 → |
| וְיָבֵ֣ן | ve.ya.Ven | and he may understand | H995 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| זֹ֔את | Zot | this | H2063 → |
| וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר | va.'a.Sher | and whom | H834 → |
| דִּבֶּ֧ר | di.Ber | it has spoken | H1696 → |
| פִּֽי־ | pi- | [the] mouth of | H6310 → |
| יְהוָ֛ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֵלָ֖יו | 'e.Lav | to him | H413 → |
| וְיַגִּדָ֑הּ | ve.ya.gi.Dah | so he may declare it | H5046 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | concerning | H5921 → |
| מָה֙ | mah | what? | H4100 → |
| אָבְדָ֣ה | 'a.ve.Dah | has it been destroyed | H6 → |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| נִצְּתָ֥ה | ni.tze.Tah | has it become desolate? | H3341 → |
| כַמִּדְבָּ֖ר | kha.mid.Bar | like <the> wilderness | H4057 → |
| מִבְּלִ֖י | mi.be.Li | because not | H1097 → |
| עֹבֵֽר׃ ס | 'o.Ver | [one who] passes by | H5674 → |
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