Jeremiah 14:22

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things."

Word-by-Word Analysis

Are there

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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the

הֶבֶל

hebel

H1892

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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of the

גּוֹי

gôwy

H1471

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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that can

רִיב

rîyb

H7379

a contest (personal or legal)

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מָטַר

mâṭar

H4306

rain

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or can the

שָׁמַיִם

shâmayim

H8064

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...

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נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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רָבִיב

râbîyb

H7241

a rain (as an accumulation of drops)

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art not thou he O

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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our

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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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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we will

אָרַב

ʼârab

H693

to lurk

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upon thee for thou hast

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

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

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all these

דָּבָר

dâbâr

H1697

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

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Key Terms in This Verse

showers H7241

רָבִיב râbîyb

a rain (as an accumulation of drops)

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vanities H1892

הֶבֶל hebel

emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb

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rain H4306

מָטַר mâṭar

rain

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wait H693

אָרַב ʼârab

to lurk

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Gentiles H1471

גּוֹי gôwy

a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

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heavens H8064

שָׁמַיִם shâmayim

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)

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cause H7379

רִיב rîyb

a contest (personal or legal)

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give H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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any H376

אִישׁ ʼîysh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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among H8432

תָּוֶךְ tâvek

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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Cross References

Joel 2:23 cross-reference

Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter ...

Jeremiah 5:24 cross-reference

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

Psalm 135:7 cross-reference

He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.

Isaiah 30:23 cross-reference

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pa...

Deuteronomy 32:21 cross-reference

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them t...

Isaiah 41:29 cross-reference

Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

Psalm 25:21 cross-reference

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

1 Kings 17:1 cross-reference

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my w...

Deuteronomy 28:12 cross-reference

The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt...

Psalm 130:5 cross-reference

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

1 Kings 17:14 cross-reference

For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

Jeremiah 16:19 cross-reference

O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanit...

Jeremiah 51:16 cross-reference

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind ...

Jeremiah 10:15 cross-reference

They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Psalm 27:14 cross-reference

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

1 Kings 18:1 cross-reference

And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

Micah 7:7 cross-reference

Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

Job 5:10 cross-reference

Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

Psalm 147:8 cross-reference

Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

Jeremiah 10:13 cross-reference

When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind ...

Amos 4:7 cross-reference

And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained ...

Psalm 25:3 cross-reference

Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

1 Kings 8:36 cross-reference

Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given ...

Isaiah 30:18 cross-reference

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait...

Matthew 5:45 cross-reference

That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

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