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Jeremiah 9:12

Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

KJV

Quis est vir sapiens qui intelligat hoc, et ad quem verbum oris Domini fiat, ut annuntiet istud, quare perierit terra, et exusta sit quasi desertum, eo quod non sit qui pertranseat ?

Vulgate

τίς ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ συνετός, καὶ συνέτω τοῦτο· καὶ ᾧ λόγος στόματος Κυρίου πρὸς αὐτόν, ἀναγγειλάτω ὑμῖν ἕνεκεν τίνος ἀπώλετο ἡ γῆ· ἀνήφθη ὡς ἔρημος παρὰ τὸ μὴ διοδεύεσθαι αὐτήν.

LXX

Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken, that he may declare it? wherefore is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה עַל עָזְבָ/ם֙ אֶת תּ֣וֹרָתִ֔/י אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִ/פְנֵי/הֶ֑ם וְ/לֹא שָׁמְע֥וּ בְ/קוֹלִ֖/י וְ/לֹא הָ֥לְכוּ בָֽ/הּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
י
y
noun · 221×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נִי
ny
verb · 212×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Deut 32:29 — O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
  • Hos 14:9 — Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
  • Hos 14:9 — Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
  • Isa 40:5 — And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
  • Jas 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
  • Jer 5:6 — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: becau
  • Joel 1:11 — Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
  • Ps 107:34 — A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
  • Ps 107:43 — Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.
  • Ps 107:43 — Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.