Jeremiah 8:15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
KJV
Exspectavimus pacem, et non erat bonum : tempus medelæ, et ecce formido.
Vulgate
συνήχθημεν εἰς εἰρήνην, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἀγαθά· εἰς καιρὸν ἰάσεως, καὶ ἰδοὺ σπουδή.
LXX
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
ASV
קַוֵּ֥ה לְ/שָׁל֖וֹם וְ/אֵ֣ין ט֑וֹב לְ/עֵ֥ת מַרְפֵּ֖ה וְ/הִנֵּ֥ה בְעָתָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
בְעָתָֽה
b'th
noun · 2×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
מַרְפֵּֽא
mrp'
noun · 15×
עֵ֣ת
't
verb · 293×
קַוֵּ֥ה
qvh
verb · 48×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 13:16 — Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross da
- Jer 14:19 — Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behol
- Jer 14:19 — Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behol
- Job 30:26 — When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
- Lam 3:17 — And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
- Matt 24:6 — And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
- Mic 1:12 — For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.