KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Jeremiah 18:17 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| 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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| “I will scatter” | אֲפִיצֵ֖ם | To dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse) | scatter |
| “them as with an east” | קָדִ֥ים | The fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind) | east |
| “wind” | כְּרֽוּחַ | Wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions) | wind |
| “before” | לִפְנֵ֣י | 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.) | before |
| “the enemy;” | אוֹיֵ֑ב | Hating; an adversary | enemy |
| “I will shew” | אֶרְאֵ֖ם | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | shew |
| “them the back,” | עֹ֧רֶף | The nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative) | back |
| “and not” | וְלֹֽא | Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | not |
| “the face,” | פָנִ֛ים | 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.) | face |
| “in the day” | בְּי֥וֹם | 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) | day |
| “of their calamity.” | אֵידָֽם׃ | Oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin | calamity |
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15 Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
16 To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
19 Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
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