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