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Jeremiah 31:39

And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.

KJV

Et exibit ultra norma mensuræ in conspectu ejus super collem Gareb, et circuibit Goatha,

Vulgate

πῶς κατήλλαξεν; πῶς ἔστρεψεν νῶτον Μωάβ; ᾐσχύνθη, καὶ ἐγένετο Μωὰβ εἰς γέλωτα καὶ ἐνκότημα πᾶσιν τοῖς κύκλῳ αὐτῆς.

LXX

And the measuring line shall go out further straight onward unto the hill Gareb, and shall turn about unto Goah.

ASV

וְ/יָצָ֨א ע֜וֹד קוה קָ֤ו הַ/מִּדָּה֙ נֶגְדּ֔/וֹ עַ֖ל גִּבְעַ֣ת גָּרֵ֑ב וְ/נָסַ֖ב גֹּעָֽתָ/ה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גְּבָע֖וֹת
gb'vt
noun · 70×
גָּרֵ֖ב
grb
proper_noun · 3×
ה
h
pronoun · 1×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
מִדָּ֣ה
mdh
noun · 55×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קָ֔ו
qv
noun · 20×
קוה
qvh
noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Zech 2:1 — I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
  • Zech 2:2 — Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.