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Jeremiah 4:17

As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.

KJV

quasi custodes agrorum facti sunt super eam in gyro, quia me ad iracundiam provocavit, dicit Dominus.

Vulgate

ὡς φυλάσσοντες ἀγρὸν ἐγένοντο ἐπ’ αὐτὴν κύκλῳ, ὅτι ἐμοῦ ἠμέλησας, λέγει Κύριος.

LXX

As keepers of a field are they against her round about, because she hath been rebellious against me, saith Jehovah.

ASV

כְּ/שֹׁמְרֵ֣י שָׂדַ֔י הָי֥וּ עָלֶ֖י/הָ מִ/סָּבִ֑יב כִּי אֹתִ֥/י מָרָ֖תָה נְאֻם יְהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּמְרוּ
ymrv
verb · 45×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נְאֻם
n'm
noun · 374×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
שָּׂדֶ֔ה
shdh
noun · 334×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 25:1 — And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched ag
  • Isa 30:1 — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
  • Jer 5:23 — But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.