Jeremiah 20:10
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
רַב
rab
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
יָרֵא
yârêʼ
to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
פֵּן
pên
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
סוּת
çûwth
properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
Key Terms in This Verse
סוּת çûwth
properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce
Study H5496 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →פֵּן pên
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
Study H6435 →Cross References
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
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 wit...
In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil....
When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
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