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Jeremiah 30:12

For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

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כִּ֣יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…כֹ֥הkhoalsoכֹּהadverb — “also”H3541properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) nowalso, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.אָמַ֛רamarsayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אָנ֣וּשׁanushdesperateאָנַשׁadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “desperate”, the ordinary formH605to be frail, feeble, or (figuratively) melancholydesperate(-ly wicked), incurable, sick, woeful.לְשִׁבְרֵ֑ךְleshivrekheto afflictionשֶׁבֶרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to affliction”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7667a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.נַחְלָ֖הnachlahbe grievedחָלָהverb, niphal, participle, absolute — “be grieved”, a verb used as a describing wordH2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreatbeseech, (be) diseased, (put to) grief, be grieved, (be) grievous, infirmity, intreat, lay to, put to pain, [idiom] pray, make prayer, be (fall, make) sick, sore, be sorry, make suit ([idiom] supplication), woman in travail, be (become) we…מַכָּתֵֽךְmakatekhewoundמַכָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “wound”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4347a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilencebeaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, [idiom] sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For thus saith the LORD: Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For thus saith Jehovah, Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound grievous.

Young’s Literal Translation

For thus said Jehovah: Incurable is thy breach, grievous thy stroke,

World English Bible

For Yahweh says, “Your hurt is incurable. Your wound is grievous.

Darby Translation

For thus saith Jehovah: Thy bruise is incurable, thy wound is grievous.

Douay-Rheims

For thus saith the Lord: Thy bruise is incurable, thy wound is very grievous.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For thus saith the LORD: Thy hurt is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

As Sodom was overthrown and Gomorrha and they that sojourned in her, saith the Lord Almighty, no man shall dwell there, nor shall any son of man inhabit there.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὥσπερ κατεστράφη Σόδομα καὶ Γόμοῤῥα, καὶ αἱ πάροικοι αὐτῆς, εἶπε Κύριος παντοκράτωρ, οὐ μὴ καθίσει ἐκεῖ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ οὐ μὴ κατοικήσει ἐκεῖ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου.