Jeremiah 18:20
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Should good 
 
2899b: welfare, benefit, good things, goodfrom tob
be repaidהַיְשֻׁלַּ֤ם
(hay·shul·lam)
7999a: to be complete or sounda prim. root
with evil? 
 
7463a: evil, misery, distress, injuryfrom the same as roa
For they have dugכָר֥וּ
(cha·ru)
3738a: to diga prim. root
a pitשׁוּחָ֖ה
(shu·chah)
7745: a pitfrom shuach
for me. Rememberזְכֹ֣ר
(ze·chor)
2142: remembera prim. root
how I stoodעָמְדִ֣י
(a·me·di)
5975: to take one's stand, standa prim. root
beforeלְפָנֶ֗יךָ
(le·fa·nei·cha)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
You To speakלְדַבֵּ֤ר
(le·dab·ber)
1696: to speaka prim. root
good 
 
2899b: welfare, benefit, good things, goodfrom tob
on their behalf,עֲלֵיהֶם֙
(a·lei·hem)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
So as to turn awayלְהָשִׁ֥יב
(le·ha·shiv)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root
Your wrathחֲמָתְךָ֖
(cha·ma·te·cha)
2534: heat, ragefrom yacham
from them. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
Shall evil
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
be recompensed
shalam  (shaw-lam')
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate
for good
towb  (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun
for they have digged
karah  (kaw-raw')
to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open -- dig, make (a banquet), open.
a pit
shuwchah  (shoo-khaw')
a chasm -- ditch, pit.
for my soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Remember
zakar  (zaw-kar')
to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention
that I stood
`amad  (aw-mad')
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
thee to speak
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
good
towb  (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun
for them and to turn away
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
thy wrath
chemah  (khay-maw')
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever) -- anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful).
from them
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You To speak good on their behalf, So as to turn away Your wrath from them.

King James Bible
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your anger from them.

International Standard Version
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit to take my life. Remember! I stood before you and spoke good on their behalf in order to turn your wrath away from them.

NET Bible
Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Good should not be paid back with evil. They dig a pit to take my life. Remember how I stood in your presence and pleaded for them in order to turn your anger away from them.

King James 2000 Bible
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.
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