Jeremiah 20:10 KJV
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
Words Then and Now
- Peradventure perhaps; perchance Still heard today: beyond peradventure, beyond doubt, still in formal writing Webster’s 1828 · Peradventure
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- Jeremiah complains of hard usageThe prophet complains of the insult and injury he experienced. But Jer 20:7 may be read, Thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded. Thou wast stronger than...
Thompson Chains
- WatchingLink 4 of 7 · next Mark 3:2
- JeremiahSee the chain from Jeremiah 1:1 · 22 links
- Opposers (2)See the chain from Isaiah 30:10 · 4 links
Parallel Passages
- Psalms 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
- Isaiah 29:21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
- 2 Corinthians 7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Psalms 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
- Psalms 41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
- Isaiah 29:21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
- 1 Kings 19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
- Jeremiah 18:18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
- Nehemiah 6:6–13 Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words. …
- Job 19:19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
- Psalms 55:13–14 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. …
- Psalms 64:2–4 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: …
- Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
- Jeremiah 6:25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
- Ezekiel 22:9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.
- Luke 11:53–54 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: …
- 1 Kings 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 22:8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
- 1 Kings 22:27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
- Psalms 57:4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
- Matthew 26:59–60 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; …
- Mark 6:19–28 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: …
- Luke 12:52–53 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. …
- Luke 20:20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
- Acts 5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
- Acts 6:11–15 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. …
- Acts 7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
- Acts 23:12–15 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. …
- Acts 24:1–9 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. …
- Acts 24:13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible629–588 BC · Jeremiah, in the days of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- For I heard כִּי kî Conjunction שָׁמַעְתִּי šāmaʿtî שָׁמַע Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
- the defaming דִּבַּת dibbat דִּבָּה Noun · feminine singular construct
- of many רַבִּים rabbîm רַב Adjective · masculine plural
- fear מָגוֹר māgôr מָגוֹר Noun · masculine singular
- on every side מִסָּבִיב missābîb סָבִיב Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition כֹּל kōl Noun · masculine singular construct
- Report הַגִּידוּ haggîdû נָגַד Verb · hiphil imperative, second person masculine plural
- and we will report וְנַגִּידֶנּוּ wĕnaggîdennû נָגַד Verb · hiphil imperfect, first person common plural · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
- it. All my familiars אֱנוֹשׁ ʾĕnôš אֱנוֹשׁ Noun · masculine singular construct שְׁלוֹמִי šĕlômî שָׁלוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- watched שֹׁמְרֵי šōmĕrê שָׁמַר Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural construct
- for my halting צַלְעִי ṣalʿî צֶלַע Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular צֵלָע tsêlâʻ
- Peradventure he will be enticed אוּלַי ʾûlay Adverb יְפֻתֶּה yĕputtê פָּתָה Verb · pual imperfect, third person masculine singular
- and we shall prevail וְנוּכְלָה wĕnûkĕlâ יָכֹל Verb · qal cohortative, first person common plural · with and
- against him, and we shall take לוֹ lô Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular וְנִקְחָה wĕniqḥâ לָקַח Verb · qal cohortative, first person common plural · with and
- our revenge נִקְמָתֵנוּ niqmātēnû נְקָמָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common plural מִמֶּנּוּ mimmennû Preposition · with suffix: third person masculine singular
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