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Jeremiah 9

Jer. 9:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Take ye heed
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
every one
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
of his φneighbor
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
, and trust
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
ye not in any brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
: for every brother
'ach (Hebrew #251)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1))
KJV usage: another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with "Ah-" or "Ahi-".
Pronounce: awkh
Origin: a primitive word
will utterly
`aqab (Hebrew #6117)
properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from 6119, to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
KJV usage: take by the heel, stay, supplant, X utterly.
Pronounce: aw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
supplant
`aqab (Hebrew #6117)
properly, to swell out or up; used only as denominative from 6119, to seize by the heel; figuratively, to circumvent (as if tripping up the heels); also to restrain (as if holding by the heel)
KJV usage: take by the heel, stay, supplant, X utterly.
Pronounce: aw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
, and every neighbor
rea` (Hebrew #7453)
from 7462; an associate (more or less close)
KJV usage: brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-)other.
Pronounce: ray'-ah
Origin: or reya2 {ray'-ah}
will walk
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
with slanders
rakiyl (Hebrew #7400)
from 7402 a scandal-monger (as travelling about)
KJV usage: slander, carry tales, talebearer.
Pronounce: raw-keel'
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φ
or, friend.

Cross References

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ye heed.
Jer. 12:6• 6For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. (Jer. 12:6)
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Psa. 12:2‑3• 2They speak falsehood, every one with his neighbour;{HR}[With] a flattering lip, with a double heart do they speak.
 3Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips,{HR}[The] tongue speaking great things. (Psa. 12:2‑3)
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Psa. 55:11‑12• 11Perversities [are] in its midst;{HR}And oppression and deceit depart not from its streets.
 12For [it was] not an enemy reproached me:{HR}Then I had borne [it];{HR}Neither did he that hateth me magnify [himself] against me:{HR}Then had I hidden myself from him; (Psa. 55:11‑12)
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Prov. 26:24‑25• 24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,{HR}But he layeth up deceit within him
 25When his voice is gracious, believe him not,{HR}For [there are] seven abominations in his heart. (Prov. 26:24‑25)
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Mic. 7:5‑6• 5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
 6For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. (Mic. 7:5‑6)
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Matt. 10:17,21,34‑35• 17{i}But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to Sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues;{/i}
 21{i}But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death;{/i}
 34{i}Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.{/i}
 35{i}For I have come to set a man at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law;{/i} (Matt. 10:17,21,34‑35)
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Luke 21:16• 16Moreover ye will be delivered up even by parents and brethren and relations and friends, and they shall put to death [some] from among you, (Luke 21:16)
neighbour.
or, friend.
every brother.
Gen. 27:35‑36• 35And he said, Thy brother came with subtlety and has taken away thy blessing.
 36And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: my birthright he took away; and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved for me a blessing? (Gen. 27:35‑36)
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Gen. 32:28• 28And he said, Not Jacob shall be called henceforth thy name, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God and with men, and hast prevailed. (Gen. 32:28)
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1 Thess. 4:6• 6that he should not over-reach and wrong his brother in the matter; because the Lord is an avenger in respect of all these things, even as we told you before and fully testified. (1 Thess. 4:6)
walk.
Jer. 6:28• 28{i}They are all the most rebellious of rebels, going about with slander: they are bronze and iron; they are all corrupters.{/i} (Jer. 6:28)
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Lev. 19:16• 16Thou shalt not go about a tale-bearer among thy people; nor shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] Jehovah. (Lev. 19:16)
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Psa. 15:3• 3[Who] hath not slandered with his tongue,{HR}Hath not done evil to his neighbour,{HR}And hath not taken up a reproach against his neighbour. (Psa. 15:3)
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Prov. 6:16,19• 16Six [things] Jehovah hateth,{HR}Yea, seven [are] an abomination of his soul:
 19A false witness breathing out lies,{HR}And he that sendeth out discords among brethren. (Prov. 6:16,19)
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Prov. 10:18• 18He that covereth hatred hath lying lips;{HR}And he that uttereth slander [is] a fool. (Prov. 10:18)
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Prov. 25:18• 18A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour{HR}[Is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. (Prov. 25:18)
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Ezek. 22:9• 9{i}In 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;{/i} (Ezek. 22:9)
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1 Peter 2:1‑2• 1Putting away therefore all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envyings and all evil-speakings,
 2as new-born babes long for the guileless intelligent milk that by it ye may grow unto salvation, (1 Peter 2:1‑2)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.

W. Kelly Translation

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Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.

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.)