Jeremiah 12:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.

Young's Literal Translation
And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known me, Thou seest me, and hast tried my heart with Thee, Draw them away as sheep to slaughter, And separate them for a day of slaughter.

King James Bible
But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

Hebrew
But You
וְאַתָּ֤ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

know me,
יְדַעְתָּ֔נִי (yə·ḏa‘·tā·nî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 3045: To know

O LORD;
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

You see me
תִּרְאֵ֕נִי (tir·’ê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

and test
וּבָחַנְתָּ֥ (ū·ḇā·ḥan·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 974: To test, to investigate

my heart
לִבִּ֖י (lib·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

toward You.
אִתָּ֑ךְ (’it·tāḵ)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

Drag away [the wicked]
הַתִּקֵם֙ (hat·ti·qêm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5423: To pull, draw, or tear away, apart, or off

like sheep
כְּצֹ֣אן (kə·ṣōn)
Preposition-k | Noun - common singular
Strong's 6629: Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock

to the slaughter
לְטִבְחָ֔ה (lə·ṭiḇ·ḥāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2878: Thing slaughtered, slaughtered meat, slaughter

and set them apart
וְהַקְדִּשֵׁ֖ם (wə·haq·di·šêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated

for the day
לְי֥וֹם (lə·yō·wm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of carnage.
הֲרֵגָֽה׃ (hă·rê·ḡāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2028: A slaughter

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
OpenBible.com


Jeremiah 12:2
Top of Page
Top of Page