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Jeremiah 6:27

I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

KJV

Probatorem dedi te in populo meo robustum : et scies, et probabis viam eorum.

Vulgate

δοκιμαστὴν δέδωκά σε ἐν λαοῖς δεδοκιμασμένοις καὶ γνώσῃ με ἐν τῷ δοκιμάσαι με τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῶν·

LXX

I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.

ASV

בָּח֛וֹן נְתַתִּ֥י/ךָ בְ/עַמִּ֖/י מִבְצָ֑ר וְ/תֵדַ֕ע וּ/בָחַנְתָּ֖ אֶת דַּרְכָּֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בָּח֛וֹן
bchvn
noun · 1×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מִבְצָֽר
mbtsr
noun · 37×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Ezek 33:7 — So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
  • Jer 1:18 — For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereo
  • Jer 1:18 — For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereo
  • Jer 7:17 — Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
  • Jer 9:7 — Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
  • Jer 15:20 — And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the L
  • Jer 15:20 — And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the L