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Jeremiah 20

Jer. 20:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forl I heard
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the defaming
dibbah (Hebrew #1681)
slander
KJV usage: defaming, evil report, infamy, slander.
Pronounce: dib-baw'
Origin: from 1680 (in the sense of furtive motion)
of many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
, fear
magowr (Hebrew #4032)
from 1481 in the sense of fearing; a fright (objective or subjective)
KJV usage: fear, terror. Compare 4036.
Pronounce: maw-gore'
Origin: or (Lam. 2:22) maguwr {maw-goor'}
on every side
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
. Report
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
, say they, and we willn report
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
it. γAll my familiars
shalowm (Hebrew #7965)
from 7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
KJV usage: X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X great, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.
Pronounce: shaw-lome'
Origin: or shalom {shaw-lome'}
'enowsh (Hebrew #582)
properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
KJV usage: another, X (blood-)thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, X in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ( X of them), + stranger, those, + their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word . Compare 376.
Pronounce: en-oshe'
Origin: from 605
o watched
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
for my halting
tsela` (Hebrew #6761)
a limping or full (figuratively)
KJV usage: adversity, halt(-ing).
Pronounce: tseh'-lah
Origin: from 6760
tsela` (Hebrew #6763)
from 6760; a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)
KJV usage: beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).
Pronounce: tsay-law'
Origin: or (feminine) tsalTah {tsal-aw'}
, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed
pathah (Hebrew #6601)
to open, i.e. be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude
KJV usage: allure, deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one).
Pronounce: paw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and we shall prevail
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
against him, and we shall take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
our revenge
nqamah (Hebrew #5360)
avengement, whether the act of the passion
KJV usage: + avenge, revenge(-ing), vengeance.
Pronounce: nek-aw-maw'
Origin: feminine of 5359
on him.
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Psa. 31:13• 13For I have heard the slander of many--terror on every side--when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life. (Psa. 31:13)
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Prov. 10:18• 18He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool. (Prov. 10:18)
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Every man of my peace.
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Job 19:19• 19All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me. (Job 19:19)
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Psa. 41:9• 9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. (Psa. 41:9)
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Psa. 55:13‑14• 13But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. …
 14We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng. (Psa. 55:13‑14)
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Luke 11:53• 53And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of many things; (Luke 11:53)

Cross References

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I heard.
Psa. 31:13• 13For I have heard the slander of many--terror on every side--when they take counsel together against me: they plot to take away my life. (Psa. 31:13)
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Psa. 57:4• 4My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down among them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. (Psa. 57:4)
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Psa. 64:2‑4• 2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, from the tumultuous crowd of the workers of iniquity,
 3Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a bitter word;
 4That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. (Psa. 64:2‑4)
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Matt. 26:59‑60• 59And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
 60And they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. But at the last two false witnesses came forward (Matt. 26:59‑60)
fear.
Jer. 20:3• 3And it came to pass the next day, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks; and Jeremiah said unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib. (Jer. 20:3)
Report.
Jer. 18:18• 18And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. (Jer. 18:18)
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Neh. 6:6‑13• 6in which was written: It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel, for which cause thou buildest the wall, and according to these words thou wilt become their king.
 7And thou hast also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning thee at Jerusalem saying, There is a king in Judah! And now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
 8And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
 9For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be slackened from the work, that it be not carried out.--Now therefore strengthen my hands!
 10And I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, who had shut himself up. And he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple; for they are coming to kill thee; even in the night are they coming to kill thee.
 11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, could go into the temple, and live? I will not go in.
 12And I perceived, and behold, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me; and Tobijah and Sanballat had hired him.
 13Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have wherewith to spread an evil report, that they might reproach me. (Neh. 6:6‑13)
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Prov. 10:18• 18He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool. (Prov. 10:18)
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Isa. 29:21• 21that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and pervert the judgment of the righteous by futility. (Isa. 29:21)
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Ezek. 22:9• 9In thee there have been slanderous men to shed blood; and in thee have they eaten upon the mountains; in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness; (Ezek. 22:9)
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Luke 20:20• 20And having watched him, they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in his language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. (Luke 20:20)
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Acts 6:11‑15• 11Then they suborned men, saying, We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.
 12And they roused the people, and the elders, and the scribes. And coming upon him they seized him and brought him to the council.
 13And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;
 14for we have heard him saying, This Jesus the Nazaraean shall destroy this place, and change the customs which Moses taught us.
 15And all who sat in the council, looking fixedly on him, saw his face as the face of an angel. (Acts 6:11‑15)
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Acts 24:1‑9,13• 1And after five days came down the high priest Ananias, with the elders, and a certain orator called Tertullus, and laid their informations against Paul before the governor.
 2And he having been called, Tertullus began to accuse, saying, Seeing we enjoy great peace through thee, and that excellent measures are executed for this nation by thy forethought,
 3we receive it always and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
 4But that I may not too much intrude on thy time, I beseech thee to hear us briefly in thy kindness.
 5For finding this man a pest, and moving sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a leader of the sect of the Nazaraeans;
 6who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also had seized, and would have judged according to our law;
 7but Lysias, the chiliarch, coming up, took him away with great force out of our hands,
 8having commanded his accusers to come to thee; of whom thou canst thyself, in examining him, know the certainty of all these things of which we accuse him.
 9And the Jews also joined in pressing the matter against Paul, saying that these things were so.
 13neither can they make good the things of which they now accuse me. (Acts 24:1‑9,13)
All my familiars.
Heb. Every man of my peace.
Job 19:19• 19All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me. (Job 19:19)
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Psa. 41:9• 9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. (Psa. 41:9)
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Psa. 55:13‑14• 13But it was thou, a man mine equal, mine intimate, my familiar friend. …
 14We who held sweet intercourse together. To the house of God we walked amid the throng. (Psa. 55:13‑14)
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Luke 11:53‑54• 53And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him urgently, and to make him speak of many things;
 54watching him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. (Luke 11:53‑54)
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Luke 12:52‑53• 52for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided; three shall be divided against two, and two against three:
 53father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. (Luke 12:52‑53)
we shall.
1 Kings 19:2• 2And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do the gods to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time! (1 Kings 19:2)
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1 Kings 21:20• 20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? And he said, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah. (1 Kings 21:20)
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1 Kings 22:8,27• 8And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: it is Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
 27and thou shalt say, Thus says the king: Put this man in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. (1 Kings 22:8,27)
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Mark 6:19‑28• 19But Herodias kept it in her mind against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:
 20for Herod feared John knowing that he was a just and holy man, and kept him safe; and having heard him, did many things, and heard him gladly.
 21And a holiday being come, when Herod, on his birthday, made a supper to his grandees, and to the chiliarchs, and the chief men of Galilee;
 22and the daughter of the same Herodias having come in, and danced, pleased Herod and those that were with him at table; and the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt and I will give it thee.
 23And he swore to her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask me I will give thee, to half of my kingdom.
 24And she went out, and said to her mother, What should I ask? And she said, The head of John the baptist.
 25And immediately going in with haste to the king, she asked saying, I desire that thou give me directly upon a dish the head of John the baptist.
 26And the king, while made very sorry, on account of the oaths and those lying at table with him would not break his word with her.
 27And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,
 28and brought his head upon a dish, and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother. (Mark 6:19‑28)
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Acts 5:33• 33But they, when they heard these things, were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them. (Acts 5:33)
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Acts 7:54• 54And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him. (Acts 7:54)
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Acts 23:12‑15• 12And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.
 13And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;
 14and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.
 15Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him. (Acts 23:12‑15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumblingc: Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "at my side."