Jeremiah 12:1

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?"

Word-by-Word Analysis

צַדִּיק

tsaddîyq

H6662

just

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art thou O

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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when I

רִיב

rîyb

H7378

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

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with thee

עוֹד

ʻôwd

H5750

properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more

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שָׁאַר

shâʼar

H7604

properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant

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me

דָבַר

dâbar

H1696

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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with thee of thy

מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ

H4941

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...

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כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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doth the

דֶּרֶךְ

derek

H1870

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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of the

רָשָׁע

râshâʻ

H7563

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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צָלַח

tsâlach

H6743

to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)

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כֵּן

kên

H3651

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...

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are all they

אֶשֶׁר

ʼesher

H835

happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!

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that

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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very

בָּגַד

bâgad

H898

to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage

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Key Terms in This Verse

treacherously H898

בָּגַד bâgad

to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage

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talk H1696

דָבַר dâbar

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

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happy H835

אֶשֶׁר ʼesher

happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!

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plead H7378

רִיב rîyb

properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend

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prosper H6743

צָלַח tsâlach

to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)

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deal H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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judgments H4941

מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ

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 pla...

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Righteous H6662

צַדִּיק tsaddîyq

just

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wicked H7563

רָשָׁע râshâʻ

morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person

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Wherefore H3651

כֵּן kên

properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles)

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Cross References

Malachi 3:15 cross-reference

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Psalm 92:7 cross-reference

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

Psalm 37:1 cross-reference

Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

Daniel 9:7 cross-reference

O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are fa...

Habakkuk 1:4 cross-reference

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

Psalm 37:35 cross-reference

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Job 12:6 cross-reference

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Psalm 51:4 cross-reference

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Zephaniah 3:5 cross-reference

The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Jeremiah 11:20 cross-reference

But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

Job 13:3 cross-reference

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Jeremiah 12:6 cross-reference

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee...

Ezra 9:15 cross-reference

O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

Jeremiah 5:11 cross-reference

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 48:8 cross-reference

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

Psalm 145:17 cross-reference

The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

Genesis 18:25 cross-reference

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do rig...

Hosea 6:7 cross-reference

But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

Proverbs 1:32 cross-reference

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Psalm 119:137 cross-reference

Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.

Isaiah 41:21 cross-reference

Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

Psalm 119:75 cross-reference

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.

Deuteronomy 32:4 cross-reference

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

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