Jeremiah 18:20
Is evil recompensed instead of good, That they have dug a pit for my soul? Remember my standing before Thee to speak good of them, To turn back Thy wrath from them.This verse in the real world
In what words
- שׁוּחָהshûwchâha chasm
- כָּרָהkârâhproperly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
- שָׁלַםshâlamto be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; b
- זָכַרzâkarproperly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention;
- טוֹבṭôwbgood (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine
- עָמַדʻâmadto stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshproperly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 35:7, Psa 57:6, Psa 106:23, 1Sa 24:17–19, Psa 35:12, Psa 109:4–5, Psa 119:95, Jer 18:22