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Jeremiah 4:30

And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.

KJV

Tu autem vastata, quid facies ? cum vestieris te coccino, cum ornata fueris monili aureo, et pinxeris stibio oculos tuos, frustra componeris : contempserunt te amatores tui ; animam tuam quærent.

Vulgate

καὶ σὺ τί ποιήσεις ἐὰν περιβάλῃ κόκκινον καὶ κοσμήσῃ κόσμῳ χρυσῷ, ἐὰν ἐνχρίσῃ στίβι τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς σου; εἰς μάταιον ὁ ὡραισμός σου· ἀπώσαντό σε οἱ ἐρασταί σου, τὴν ψυχήν σου ζητοῦσιν.

LXX

And thou, when thou art made desolate, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou enlargest thine eyes with paint, in vain dost thou make thyself fair; thy lovers despise thee, they seek thy life.

ASV

ו/אתי וְ/אַ֨תְּ שָׁד֜וּד מַֽה תַּעֲשִׂ֗י כִּֽי תִלְבְּשִׁ֨י שָׁנִ֜י כִּי תַעְדִּ֣י עֲדִי זָהָ֗ב כִּֽי תִקְרְעִ֤י בַ/פּוּךְ֙ עֵינַ֔יִ/ךְ לַ/שָּׁ֖וְא תִּתְיַפִּ֑י מָאֲסוּ בָ֥/ךְ עֹגְבִ֖ים נַפְשֵׁ֥/ךְ יְבַקֵּֽשׁוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בַקֵּ֥שׁ
bqsh
verb · 225×
ה
h
verb · 8×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
י
y
noun · 752×
יִּקְרַ֣ע
yqr'
verb · 63×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךְ
k
verb · 10×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 110×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מָאָ֔סוּ
m'sv
verb · 76×
עֲדִ֣י
'dy
noun · 14×
פּוּךְ֙
pvk
noun · 4×
שָׁ֑וְא
shv'
noun · 52×
שָׁנִ֖י
shny
noun · 42×
שֻׁדַּ֖ד
shdd
verb · 58×
תִּ֨יפִי֙
typy
verb · 7×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 3:3 — Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
  • 1Tim 2:9 — In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
  • 2Kgs 9:30 — And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
  • 2Kgs 9:30 — And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
  • Ezek 16:36 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy
  • Ezek 23:9 — Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted.
  • Ezek 23:40 — And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornamen
  • Ezek 28:13 — Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle,
  • Isa 10:3 — And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
  • Isa 20:6 — And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
  • Jer 13:21 — What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
  • Jer 22:23 — O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
  • Jer 30:14 — All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins
  • Lam 1:2 — She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
  • Lam 1:2 — She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
  • Lam 1:19 — I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
  • Prov 7:10 — And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.