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Jeremiah 48:31

Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.

KJV

Ideo super Moab ejulabo, et ad Moab universam clamabo, ad viros muri fictilis lamentantes :

Vulgate

Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.

ASV

עַל כֵּן֙ עַל מוֹאָ֣ב אֲיֵלִ֔יל וּ/לְ/מוֹאָ֥ב כֻּלֹּ֖/ה אֶזְעָ֑ק אֶל אַנְשֵׁ֥י קִֽיר חֶ֖רֶשׂ יֶהְגֶּֽה

Hebrew

Therefore will I lament for Moab, and I will cry out to all Moab, for the men of the brick wall that mourn.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
הֵילִ֖ילוּ
hylylv
verb · 31×
יֶהְגֶּ֣ה
yhgh
verb · 25×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מוֹאָ֔ב
mv'b
proper_noun · 180×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קִֽיר
qyr
proper_noun · 10×
תִּזְעַ֖ק
tz'q
verb · 73×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 3:25 — And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left
  • 2Kgs 3:25 — And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left
  • Isa 15:5 — My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they sh
  • Isa 15:5 — My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they sh
  • Jer 48:36 — Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished.