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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?

BSB

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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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Original language & word study

20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מִֽי־mi-who?H4310
הָאִ֤ישׁha.'Ish[is] the personH376
הֶֽחָכָם֙he.cha.Kham<the> wiseH2450
וְיָבֵ֣ןve.ya.Venand he may understandH995
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
זֹ֔אתZotthisH2063
וַאֲשֶׁ֨רva.'a.Sherand whomH834
דִּבֶּ֧רdi.Berit has spokenH1696
פִּֽי־pi-[the] mouth ofH6310
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֵלָ֖יו'e.Lavto himH413
וְיַגִּדָ֑הּve.ya.gi.Dahso he may declare itH5046
עַל־'al-concerningH5921
מָה֙mahwhat?H4100
אָבְדָ֣ה'a.ve.Dahhas it been destroyedH6
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
נִצְּתָ֥הni.tze.Tahhas it become desolate?H3341
כַמִּדְבָּ֖רkha.mid.Barlike <the> wildernessH4057
מִבְּלִ֖יmi.be.Libecause notH1097
עֹבֵֽר׃ ס'o.Ver[one who] passes byH5674

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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