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Jeremiah 20

Jer. 20:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Sing
shiyr (Hebrew #7891)
a primitive root (identical with 7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing
KJV usage: behold (by mistake for 7789), sing(-er, -ing man, - ing woman).
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or (the original form) shuwr (1 Sam. 18:6) {shoor}
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, praise
halal (Hebrew #1984)
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Pronounce: haw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
ye the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
: forb he hath delivered
natsal (Hebrew #5337)
to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense
KJV usage: X at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, X without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, X surely, take (out).
Pronounce: naw-tsal'
Origin: a primitive root
the soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
of the poor
'ebyown (Hebrew #34)
destitute
KJV usage: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Pronounce: eb-yone'
Origin: from 14, in the sense of want (especially in feeling)
from the hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
of evildoers
ra`a` (Hebrew #7489)
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), + displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, X indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Pronounce: raw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
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Psa. 34:6• 6This afflicted one called and Jehovah heard{HR}And saved him out of all his distresses. (Psa. 34:6)
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Psa. 35:9‑10• 9And my soul shall rejoice in Jehovah,{HR}And shall be joyful in his salvation.
 10All my bones shall say, O Jehovah, who is like unto thee?{HR}Delivering the poor from him that is stronger than he,{HR}And the poor and needy from him that spoileth him. (Psa. 35:9‑10)
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Psa. 109:30‑31• 30I will give great thanks to Jehovah with my mouth;{HR}Yea, I will praise in the midst of many.
 31For he standeth on the right hand of the needy{HR}To save [him] from those that judge his soul. (Psa. 109:30‑31)

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Poor,
Singing,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 34:6• 6This afflicted one called and Jehovah heard{HR}And saved him out of all his distresses. (Psa. 34:6)
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Psa. 35:9‑11• 9And my soul shall rejoice in Jehovah,{HR}And shall be joyful in his salvation.
 10All my bones shall say, O Jehovah, who is like unto thee?{HR}Delivering the poor from him that is stronger than he,{HR}And the poor and needy from him that spoileth him.
 11False witnesses rise up; they ask me that which I have not known. (Psa. 35:9‑11)
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Psa. 69:33• 33For Jehovah heareth the needy,{HR}And despiseth not his prisoners. (Psa. 69:33)
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Psa. 72:4• 4He will judge the afflicted of the people,{HR}He will save the sons of the needy,{HR}And will crush the oppressor. (Psa. 72:4)
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Psa. 109:30‑31• 30I will give great thanks to Jehovah with my mouth;{HR}Yea, I will praise in the midst of many.
 31For he standeth on the right hand of the needy{HR}To save [him] from those that judge his soul. (Psa. 109:30‑31)
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Isa. 25:4• 4For thou hast been a fortress to the poor, a fortress to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; for the blast of the terrible ones [was] as a storm [against] a wall. (Isa. 25:4)
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James 2:5‑6• 5Hear, my beloved brethren; did not God choose the poor as to the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those that love him?
 6But ye dishonoured the poor [man]. Do not the rich oppress you, and they drag you before tribunals? (James 2:5‑6)
• Strong in faith, he counts the things that are not as though they had already come to pass, and cries in his exaltation of spirit… It is not “He will deliver,” but faith says, “He hath delivered.” (“Chapter 10” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Sing ye unto Jehovah, praise Jehovah, for he hath delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers.

W. Kelly Translation

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Sing unto Jehovah, praise ye Jehovah; for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.