Jeremiah 31:29
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In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
In other translations
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
Hebrew words
בַּיָּמִיםbaiyamimin the daysH3117הָהֵםhahem<the> thoseH1992לֹא־lo'-notH3808יֹאמְרוּyomerupeople will sayH559עוֹדodagainH5750אָבוֹת'avotfathersH1אָכְלוּ'akheluthey have eatenH398בֹסֶרvosersour grape[s]H1155וְשִׁנֵּיveshineiand [the] teeth ofH8127בָנִיםvanimchildrenH1121תִּקְהֶינָה׃tikheinahthey will be bluntH6949
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ezekiel 18:2-32 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge? 3 As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.2 “What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’? 3 As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
- Lamentations 5:7Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
- Jeremiah 31:30But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.
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