NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Thus saith'amar (aw-mar') to say (used with great latitude) the LORD Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. What iniquity `evel (eh'-vel) (moral) evil -- iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness). have your fathers 'ab (awb) father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-. found matsa' (maw-tsaw') to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present in me that they are gone far rachaq (raw-khak') to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation) from me and have walked yalak (yaw-lak') to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses) after 'achar (akh-ar') the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) vanity hebel (heh'bel) emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb -- altogether, vain, vanity. and are become vain habal (haw-bal') to be vain in act, word, or expectation; specifically to lead astray -- be (become, make) vain. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Thus says the LORD, "What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me And walked after emptiness and became empty? King James Bible Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? Holman Christian Standard Bible This is what the LORD says: What fault did your fathers find in Me that they went so far from Me, followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves? International Standard Version This is what the LORD says: "What did your ancestors find wrong with me that they left me, and pursued worthless things, and so they became worthless? NET Bible This is what the Lord says: "What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me. GOD'S WORD® Translation This is what the LORD says: What did your ancestors find wrong with me that they went so far away from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves. King James 2000 Bible Thus says the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? Links Jeremiah 2:5Jeremiah 2:5 NIV Jeremiah 2:5 NLT Jeremiah 2:5 ESV Jeremiah 2:5 NASB Jeremiah 2:5 KJV |
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