KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Jeremiah 17:11 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “As” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “the partridge” | קֹרֵ֤א | A caller, i.e., partridge (from its cry) | partridge |
| “sitteth” | דָגַר֙ | To brood over eggs or young | sitteth |
| “on eggs,” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “and hatcheth” | יָלָ֔ד | To bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage | hatcheth |
| “them” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “not;” | וְלֹ֣א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “so” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “he that getteth” | עֹ֥שֶׂה | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | getteth |
| “riches,” | עֹ֖שֶׁר | Wealth | riches |
| “and not” | וְלֹ֣א | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “by right,” | בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט | Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style | right |
| “shall leave” | יַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּ | To loosen, i.e., relinquish, permit, etc | leave |
| “them in the midst” | בַּחֲצִ֤י | The half or middle | midst |
| “of his days,” | יָמָו֙ | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | days |
| “and at his end” | וּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ | The last or end, hence, the future; also posterity | end |
| “shall be” | יִהְיֶ֥ה | To exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | shall be |
| “a fool.” | נָבָֽל׃ | Stupid; wicked (especially impious) | fool |
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9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
10 I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
12 A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
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