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Jeremiah 20

Jer. 20:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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O 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
, thou hast deceived
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
me, and I was βdeceived
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
: thou art stronger
chazaq (Hebrew #2388)
to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer
KJV usage: aid, amend, X calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
Pronounce: khaw-zak'
Origin: a primitive root
than I, and hast prevailed
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'}
: I am ind derision
schowq (Hebrew #7814)
from 7832; laughter (in merriment or defiance)
KJV usage: derision, laughter(-ed to scorn, -ing), mocked, sport.
Pronounce: sekh-oke'
Origin: or schoq {sekh-oke'}
daily
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
, every one mocketh
la`ag (Hebrew #3932)
to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
KJV usage: have in derision, laugh (to scorn), mock (on), stammering.
Pronounce: law-ag'
Origin: a primitive root
me.
β
or, enticed.
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Lam. 3:14• 14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. (Lam. 3:14)

Cross References

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deceived.
or, enticed.
Jer. 1:6‑8,18‑19• 6{i}And I said{/i}, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
 7{i}But Jehovah said unto me,{/i} Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
 8Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Jehovah.
 18For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land.
 19And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to deliver thee. (Jer. 1:6‑8,18‑19)
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Jer. 15:18• 18{i}Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable? It refuseth to be healed. Wilt thou be altogether unto me as a treacherous spring, as waters that fail?{/i} (Jer. 15:18)
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Jer. 17:16• 16{i}But as for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd in following thee, neither have I desired the fatal day, thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.{/i} (Jer. 17:16)
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Ex. 5:22‑23• 22{i}And Moses returned to Jehovah, and said, Lord, why hast thou done evil to this people? why now hast thou sent me?{/i}
 23{i}For ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all!{/i} (Ex. 5:22‑23)
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Num. 11:11‑15• 11{i}And Moses said to Jehovah, Why hast thou done evil to thy servant, and why have I not found favour in thine eyes, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?{/i}
 12{i}Have I conceived all this people, have I brought them forth, that thou sayest to me, Carry them in thy bosom, as the nursing-father beareth the suckling, unto the land which thou didst swear unto their fathers?{/i}
 13{i}Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat!{/i}
 14{i}I am not able to bear all this people alone, for it is too heavy for me.{/i}
 15{i}And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness.{/i} (Num. 11:11‑15)
thou art.
Jer. 20:9• 9{i}And I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: but it was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones; and I became wearied with holding in, and I could not.{/i} (Jer. 20:9)
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Ezek. 3:14• 14{i}And the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit, and the hand of Jehovah was strong upon me.{/i} (Ezek. 3:14)
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Mic. 3:8• 8Truly I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgressions, and to Israel his sin. (Mic. 3:8)
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1 Cor. 9:6• 6or I alone and Barnabas, have we not title to abstain from working? (1 Cor. 9:6)
I am.
Jer. 15:10• 10{i}Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land! I have not lent on usury, nor have they lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.{/i} (Jer. 15:10)
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Jer. 29:26• 26Jehovah hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of Jehovah, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. (Jer. 29:26)
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2 Kings 2:23• 23{i}And he went up from thence to Bethel, and as he went up by the way, there came forth little boys out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him,{/i} Go up, thou bald head! Go up, thou bald head! (2 Kings 2:23)
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Psa. 22:6‑7• 6But I am a worm and not a man,{HR}A reproach of men and despised of the people.
 7All those who see me mock me,{HR}They open wide with the lip, they shake the head. (Psa. 22:6‑7)
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Psa. 35:15‑16• 15But in my halting they rejoiced and were gathered together;{HR}The slanderers were gathered together against me,{HR}And I knew it not; they reviled and were not silent,
 16With profane mockers [in] a feast, gnashing upon me [with] their teeth. (Psa. 35:15‑16)
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Psa. 69:9‑12• 9For the zeal of thy house hath eaten me up,{HR}And the reproaches of those reproaching thee fell on me.
 10And I wept [away] my soul in fasting;{HR}And it was for reproaches to me.
 11When I made my clothing sackcloth,{HR}I too was to them for a proverb.
 12Those that sit at the gate talk of me,{HR}And [I am] songs to drinkers of strong drink. (Psa. 69:9‑12)
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Lam. 3:14• 14I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. (Lam. 3:14)
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Hos. 9:7• 7The days of visitation are come, the days of retribution are come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is foolish, the man of the spirit frantic, for the greatness of thy punishment and the great hatred. (Hos. 9:7)
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Luke 16:14• 14{i}And the Pharisees also, who were covetous,{/i} heard all these things, {i}and{/i} sneered at him. (Luke 16:14)
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Luke 22:63‑64• 63And the men who held him, mocked him, beating him,
 64and covering him up, asked him, saying, Prophesy who is it that struck thee? (Luke 22:63‑64)
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Luke 23:11,35‑36• 11And Herod with his troops set him at nought and mocked him, and having arrayed [him] with a splendid robe, sent him back to Pilate.
 35And the people stood beholding, and the rulers also [with them] sneered, saying, He saved others, let him save himself if this is the Christ, the chosen of God.
 36And the soldiers also were mocking him, coming up offering him vinegar, (Luke 23:11,35‑36)
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Acts 17:18,32• 18And certain also of the Epicureans and Stoic philosophers attacked him. And some said, What would this babbler say? and others, He seemeth to be an announcer of strange divinities, because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.
 32Now when they heard of resurrection of dead [men] some mocked, but others said, We will hear thee concerning this yet again. (Acts 17:18,32)
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1 Cor. 4:9‑13• 9For, I think, b God set us the apostles last as devoted to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, to both angels and men:
 10we, fools for Christ, but ye prudent in Christ; we weak, but ye strong; ye illustrious, but we disgraced.
 11Until the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked and are buffeted and are homeless wanderers,
 12and we toil, working with our own hands; reviled, we bless, persecuted, we suffer;
 13slandered, we beseech. We became as the world's scum, off-scouring of all, until now. (1 Cor. 4:9‑13)
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Heb. 11:36• 36and others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yea and of bonds and imprisonment. (Heb. 11:36)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah, thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed; thou hast laid hold of me, and hast prevailed; I am become a derision the whole day: every one mocketh me.

W. Kelly Translation

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Jehovah, thou hast enticed me, and I was enticed; thou hast laid hold of me, and hast prevailed; I am become a derision the whole day: every one mocketh me.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)