King James Version

Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

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וְאָֽנֹכִי֙veanokhiand meאָנֹכִיconjunction, pronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “and me”H595II, me, [idiom] which.נְטַעְתִּ֣יךְnetatikheplantנָטַעverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “plant”, a completed actionH5193properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)fastened, plant(-er).שֹׂרֵ֔קsoreqa vine stock (properly, one yielding purp…שֹׂרֵקnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a vine stock (properly, one yielding purp…”, the ordinary formH8321a vine stock (properly, one yielding purple grapes, the richest variety)choice(-st, noble) wine. Compare H8291 (שָׂרוּק).כֻּלֹּ֖הkuloallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).זֶ֣רַעzeraseedזֶרַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “seed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.אֱמֶ֑תemetassuredאֶמֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “assured”, the ordinary formH571stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthinessassured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.וְאֵיךְ֙veeykhand howאֵיךְconjunction, particle, interrogative — “and how”H349how? or how!; also wherehow, what.נֶהְפַּ֣כְתְּnehpakhtechangeהָפַךְverb, niphal, perfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “change”, a completed actionH2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert[idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).לִ֔יlitoלִ֔יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toסוּרֵ֖יsuredegenerateסוּרadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “degenerate”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5494turned off, i.e. deteriorateddegenerate.הַגֶּ֥פֶןhagefenthe vineגֶּפֶןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the vine”, the ordinary formH1612a vine (as twining), especially the grapevine, tree.נָכְרִיָּֽהnakheriyahstrangeנׇכְרִיadjective, adjective, feminine, singular, absolute — “strange”, the ordinary formH5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)alien, foreigner, outlandish, strange(-r, woman).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto Me?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me?

Young’s Literal Translation

And I planted thee a choice vine, wholly a true seed, And how hast thou been turned to Me, To the degenerate shoots of a strange vine?

World English Bible

Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a pure and faithful seed. How then have you turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine to me?

Darby Translation

And I, — I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate shoots of a strange vine unto me?

Douay-Rheims

Yet I planted thee a chosen vineyard, all true seed: how then art thou turned unto me into that which is good for nothing, O strange vineyard?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed; how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto Me?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Yet I planted thee a fruitful vine, entirely of the right sort: how art thou a strange vine turned to bitterness!

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγὼ δὲ ἐφύτευσά σε ἄμπελον καρποφόρον πᾶσαν ἀληθινήν· πῶς ἐστράφης εἰς πικρίαν ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀλλοτρία;