Jeremiah 18:20
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Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
In other translations
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
Hebrew words
הַיְשֻׁלַּםhayshulam¿ will it be repaidH7999תַּחַת־tachat-in place ofH8478טוֹבָהtovahgoodH2896רָעָהra'ahevilH7451כִּי־ki-forH3588כָרוּkharuthey have dugH3738שׁוּחָהshuchaha pitH7745לְנַפְשִׁיlenafshifor self myH5315זְכֹר׀zekhorrememberH2142עָמְדִי'amedistanding myH5975לְפָנֶיךָlefaneikha<to> before youH6440לְדַבֵּרledaberto speakH1696עֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemon themH5921טוֹבָהtovahgoodH2896לְהָשִׁיבlehashivto turn backH7725אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853חֲמָתְךָchamatekharage yourH2534מֵהֶם׃mehemfrom <the> them
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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- Psalm 35:7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalm 106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
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- Proverbs 26:27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
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