Category: Jeremiah

Verse 9 Hebrew Text 17:9עָקֹ֥ב הַלֵּ֛ב מִכֹּ֖ל וְאָנֻ֣שׁ ה֑וּא מִ֖י יֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃ Verse 9 Sentence Flow Verse 9 Translation Rationale Jeremiah 17:9 is admittedly a difficult verse to translate well for a few reasons. To begin, the first clause is a verbless clause. In the position where one might expect a predicate adjective we instead find...

Verse 23 Greek/Hebrew Text 13:23הֲיַהֲפֹ֤ךְ כּוּשִׁי֙ עוֹר֔וֹ וְנָמֵ֖ר חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָ֑יו גַּם־אַתֶּם֙ תּוּכְל֣וּ לְהֵיטִ֔יב לִמֻּדֵ֖י הָרֵֽעַ׃ Verse 23 Sentence Flow Verse 23 Translation Rationale Jeremiah 13:23 illustrates the beautiful function of Hebrew parallelism. As one can tell from the formatting in most English Bibles, this is understood to be Hebrew poetry by translators. That’s noteworthy because Hebrew...