Jeremiah 20:9
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Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
In other translations
Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.If I say, “I will not mention Him or speak any more in His name,” His message becomes a fire burning in my heart, shut up in my bones, and I become weary of holding it in, and I cannot prevail.
Hebrew words
וְאָמַרְתִּיve'amartiand I will sayH559לֹא־lo'-notH3808אֶזְכְּרֶנּוּ'ezkerenuI will remember himH2142וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808אֲדַבֵּר'adaberI will speakH1696עוֹד'odagainH5750בִּשְׁמוֹbishmoin name hisH8034וְהָיָהvehayahand it will becomeH1961בְלִבִּיvelibiin heart myH3820כְּאֵשׁke'eshlike a fireH784בֹּעֶרֶתbo'eretburningH1197עָצֻר'atzurshut upH6113בְּעַצְמֹתָיbe'atzmotaiin bones myH6106וְנִלְאֵיתִיvenil'eitiand I will be wearyH3811כַּלְכֵלkalkhelto hold [it] inH3557וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808אוּכָל׃'ukhalI will be ableH3201
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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