Jeremiah 5:22 KJV

Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

Thou and Ye

  • ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Their apostacy and idolatryUnhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If men will inquire...

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Psalms 119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
  • Deuteronomy 28:58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
  • Job 38:10–11 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, …
  • Psalms 104:9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
  • Jeremiah 10:7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

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  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Fear תִירָאוּ tîrāʾww יָרֵא Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
  • ye not me? saith הַאוֹתִי haʾwōtî Object marker · with question, suffix: first person common singular לֹא lōʾ Negative נְאֻם nĕʾum נְאֻם Noun · masculine singular construct
  • the LORD יְהֹוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • will ye not tremble לֹא lōʾ Negative תָחִילוּ tāḥîlû חוּל Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
  • at my presence אִם ʾim Conjunction מִפָּנַי mippānay פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular
  • which have placed אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative שַׂמְתִּי śamtî שׂוּם Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
  • the sand חוֹל ḥôl חוֹל Noun · masculine singular
  • the bound גְּבוּל gĕbûl גְּבוּל Noun · masculine singular
  • of the sea לַיָּם layyām יָם Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
  • by a perpetual עוֹלָם ʿôlām עוֹלָם Noun · masculine singular
  • decree חָק ḥāq חֹק Noun · masculine singular construct
  • that it cannot pass יַעַבְרֶנְהוּ yaʿabrenhû עָבַר Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • it: and though the waves גַלָּיו gallāyw גַּל Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • thereof toss וַיִּתְגָּעֲשׁוּ wayyitgāʿăšû גָּעַשׁ Verb · hithpael sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
  • themselves, yet can they not prevail וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and יוּכָלוּ yûkālû יָכֹל Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
  • though they roar וְהָמוּ wĕhāmû הָמָה Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person common plural · with and
  • yet can they not pass over וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and יַעַבְרֻנְהוּ yaʿabrunhû עָבַר Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural · with suffix: third person masculine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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