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Jeremiah 37:10

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

KJV

Ergo cum recessisset exercitus Chaldæorum ab Jerusalem, propter exercitum Pharaonis,

Vulgate

For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

ASV

כִּ֣י אִם הִכִּיתֶ֞ם כָּל חֵ֤יל כַּשְׂדִּים֙ הַ/נִּלְחָמִ֣ים אִתְּ/כֶ֔ם וְ/נִ֨שְׁאֲרוּ בָ֔/ם אֲנָשִׁ֖ים מְדֻקָּרִ֑ים אִ֤ישׁ בְּ/אָהֳל/וֹ֙ יָק֔וּמוּ וְ/שָֽׂרְפ֛וּ אֶת הָ/עִ֥יר הַ/זֹּ֖את בָּ/אֵֽשׁ

Hebrew

Now when the army of the Chaldeans was gone away from Jerusalem, because of Pharao's army,

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

18 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
אֹ֣הֶל
'hl
noun · 344×
הִלָּחֵ֖ם
hlchm
verb · 177×
הִשְׁאִֽיר
hsh'yr
verb · 133×
וֹ
v
noun · 232×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים
kshdym
noun · 82×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 499×
נִי
ny
verb · 11×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
שָׂרַ֥ף
shrp
verb · 116×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 2:4 — The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
  • 2Kgs 25:9 — And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.
  • 2Sam 5:6 — And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither:
  • Isa 10:4 — Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
  • Isa 30:17 — One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
  • Jer 50:45 — Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them
  • Joel 2:11 — And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
  • Lev 26:36 — And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from