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Jeremiah 2:29

Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.

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לָ֥מָּהlamahto howמָהpreposition, particle, interrogative — “to how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.תָרִ֖יבוּtarivvadversaryרִיבverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “adversary”, an unfinished actionH7378properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defendadversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.אֵלָ֑יelayamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).כֻּלְּכֶ֛םkulkhemallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “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).פְּשַׁעְתֶּ֥םpeshatemoffendפָּשַׁעverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “offend”, a completed actionH6586to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarreloffend, rebel, revolt, transgress(-ion, -or).בִּ֖יbiinבִּ֖יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”inנְאֻםneumsaidנְאֻםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “said”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5002an oracle(hath) said, saith.יְהוָֽהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Wherefore will ye contend with Me? Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the LORD.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

Young’s Literal Translation

Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

World English Bible

“Why will you contend with me? You all have transgressed against me,” says Yahweh.

Darby Translation

Wherefore would ye contend with me? Ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims

Why will you contend with me in judgement? you have all forsaken me, saith the Lord.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Wherefore will ye contend with Me? Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the LORD.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Wherefore do ye speak unto me? ye all have been ungodly, and ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἱνατί λαλεῖτε πρὸς μέ; πάντες ὑμεῖς ἠσεβήσατε, καὶ πάντες ὑμεῖς ἠνομήσατε εἰς ἐμὲ, λέγει Κύριος.