Jeremiah 9:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִ֤ישׁ בְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יְהָתֵ֔לּוּ וֶאֱמֶ֖ת לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ לִמְּד֧וּ לְשׁוֹנָ֛ם דַּבֶּר־שֶׁ֖קֶר הַעֲוֵ֥ה נִלְאֽוּ׃

Transliteration

wĕ'îš against-rē'ēhû yĕhātēllû we'ĕmet lō' yĕdabbērû limdû lĕšônām dabber-šeqer ha'ăwēh nil'û

Grammar Details

• *wĕ'îš*: conjunction + masculine noun, singular - and each man
• *rē'ēhû*: masculine noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix and prefixed preposition - against his neighbor
• *yĕhātēllû*: imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine plural, piel - they deceive/mock
• *we'ĕmet*: conjunction + feminine noun - and truth
• *lō'*: negative particle - not
• *yĕdabbērû*: imperfect verb, 3rd person masculine plural, piel - they speak
• *limdû*: perfect verb, 3rd person common plural - they have taught
• *lĕšônām*: feminine noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their tongue
• *dabber*: infinitive construct, piel - to speak
• *šeqer*: masculine noun - falsehood/lie
• *ha'ăwēh*: infinitive absolute, hiphil - acting perversely
• *nil'û*: perfect verb, 3rd person common plural, niphal - they are weary/exhausted

Word Meanings

• *rē'ēhû*: his neighbor/friend/companion
• *yĕhātēllû*: they deceive/mock/delude
• *'ĕmet*: truth/faithfulness/reliability
• *yĕdabbērû*: they speak/tell/declare
• *limdû*: they have taught/trained/instructed
• *lĕšônām*: their tongue/language/speech
• *dabber*: to speak/tell/say
• *šeqer*: falsehood/lie/deception
• *ha'ăwēh*: acting perversely/committing iniquity/doing wrong
• *nil'û*: they are weary/exhausted/tired

Referenced Verses

• Lev 19:16 : 16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.
• Ps 12:2-3 : 2 They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak. 3 Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
• Prov 26:24-25 : 24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him: 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:
• Jer 6:28 : 28 They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
• Mic 7:5-6 : 5 Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. 6 For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
• Jer 12:6 : 6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; even they have cried aloud after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
• Ps 15:3 : 3 He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;
• Gen 27:35-36 : 35 And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing. 36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?
• Gen 32:28 : 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
• Prov 10:18 : 18 He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
• Prov 25:18 : 18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
• Ps 55:11-12 : 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets. 12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:
• Prov 6:16 : 16 There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
• Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
• Ezek 22:9 : 9 Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.
• Matt 10:17 : 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs synagogues they will scourge you;
• Matt 10:21 : 21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
• Matt 10:34-35 : 34 Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law:
• Luke 21:16 : 16 But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and [some] of you shall they cause to be put to death.
• 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
• 1 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, 2 as newborn babes, long for the spiritual milk {G3050} which is without guile, that ye may grow thereby unto salvation;