Jeremiah 4:23
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I looked at the earth, and it was formless and void; I looked to the heavens, and they had no light.

Young's Literal Translation
I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not.

King James Bible
I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.

Hebrew
I looked
רָאִ֙יתִי֙ (rā·’î·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

at the earth,
הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and it was formless
תֹ֖הוּ (ṯō·hū)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8414: A desolation, desert, a worthless thing, in vain

and empty;
וָבֹ֑הוּ (wā·ḇō·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 922: A vacuity, an undistinguishable ruin

[I looked] to
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the heavens,
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

and they [had] no
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

light.
אוֹרָֽם׃ (’ō·w·rām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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