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Jeremiah 2:29

Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

KJV

Quid vultis mecum judicio contendere ? omnes dereliquistis me, dicit Dominus.

Vulgate

Ἵνα τί λαλεῖτε πρὸς μέ; πάντες ὑμεῖς ἠσεβήσατε, καὶ πάντες ὑμεῖς ἠνομήσατε εἰς ἐμέ, λέγει Κύριος.

LXX

Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

ASV

לָ֥/מָּה תָרִ֖יבוּ אֵלָ֑/י כֻּלְּ/כֶ֛ם פְּשַׁעְתֶּ֥ם בִּ֖/י נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה
h
verb · 70×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
פָּשַׁ֣ע
psh'
verb · 40×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 9:11 — Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of
  • Jer 2:9 — Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
  • Jer 5:1 — Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth;
  • Jer 6:13 — For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
  • Mic 6:2 — Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.