Jeremiah 1:12

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The LORD said to me, 'You have seen correctly, for I am watching over My word to accomplish it.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוָ֛ה אֵלַ֖י הֵיטַ֣בְתָּ לִרְא֑וֹת כִּֽי־שֹׁקֵ֥ד אֲנִ֛י עַל־דְּבָרִ֖י לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

wa-yōʾmer YHWH ʾēlay hêṭabtā to-rĕʾôt because-šōqēd ʾănî upon-dĕbārî to-ʿăśōtô

Grammar Details

• *wa-yōʾmer*: waw-consecutive with Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ʾēlay*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me
• *hêṭabtā*: Hiphil perfect 2nd masculine singular - you have seen well
• *rĕʾôt*: Qal infinitive construct - to see
• *šōqēd*: Qal participle masculine singular - watching
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *dĕbārî*: singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my word
• *ʿăśōtô*: Qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to do/perform it

Word Meanings

• *hêṭabtā*: you have done well/you have seen correctly
• *šōqēd*: watching/vigilant over/attending to (wordplay with *šāqēd* - almond)
• *ʿăśōtô*: to do it/to perform it/to fulfill it

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then the LORD said to me, You have seen well: for I will hasten My word to perform it.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said{H559} Jehovah{H3068} unto me, Thou hast well{H3190} seen:{H7200} for I watch{H8245} over my word{H1697} to perform{H6213} it.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then said{H559}{(H8799)} the LORD{H3068} unto me, Thou hast well{H3190}{(H8689)} seen{H7200}{(H8800)}: for I will hasten{H8245}{(H8802)} my word{H1697} to perform{H6213}{(H8800)} it.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then sayde ye LORDE: thou hast sene right, for I will watch diligently vpon my worde, to perfourme it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then saide the Lorde vnto me, Thou hast seene aright: for I will hasten my worde to performe it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then sayde the Lorde vnto me: thou hast seene ryght, for I wyll make haste speedyly vpon my worde to performe it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then said Yahweh to me, You have well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Jehovah saith unto me, `Thou hast well seen: for I am watching over My word to do it.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then said Jehovah unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then said Jehovah unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then the Lord said to me, You have seen well: for I keep watch over my word to give effect to it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Yahweh said to me, "You have seen well; for I watch over my word to perform it."

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the LORD said,“You have observed correctly. This means I am watching to make sure my threats are carried out.”

Referenced Verses

• Ezek 12:28 : 28 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: None of My words will be delayed any longer, but whatever I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’
• Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is quickly approaching.
• Ezek 12:25 : 25 For I am the LORD. I will speak, and whatever word I speak will come to pass. It will no longer be delayed, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and fulfill it, declares the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 12:22-23 : 22 Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: 'The days grow long, and every vision fails'? 23 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to this proverb, and it will not be quoted in Israel anymore.’ But say to them, ‘The days are near when all visions will be fulfilled.’
• Jer 39:1-9 : 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his entire army came against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. 2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, on the ninth day of the fourth month, the city’s walls were breached. 3 All the officials of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsekim the chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer the chief magician, along with the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon. 4 When Zedekiah, king of Judah, and all the soldiers saw this, they fled, leaving the city at night through the king’s garden by the gate between the two walls, and they fled toward the Arabah. 5 But the Chaldean army pursued them, overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, captured him, and brought him to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him. 6 The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah, before his very eyes, and also killed all the nobles of Judah. 7 He then blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. 8 The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. 9 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried into exile to Babylon the rest of the people who remained in the city, along with those who had gone over to him, and the rest of the population. 10 But Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left behind in the land of Judah some of the poorest people, who owned nothing, and at that time gave them vineyards and fields. 11 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, gave orders concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard. 12 “Take him and look after him; do him no harm, but do for him whatever he tells you.” 13 So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, Nebushazban, a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, the chief magician, and all the officials of the king of Babylon sent for Jeremiah. 14 They sent and brought Jeremiah from the courtyard of the guard and handed him over to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he stayed among the people. 15 While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him saying, 16 'Go and say to Ebed-Melech the Cushite, This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to bring my words against this city for disaster and not for good, and they will happen before your eyes on that day. 17 But I will deliver you on that day, declares the Lord, and you will not be handed over to the men you fear. 18 Indeed, I will save you, and you will not fall by the sword, but you will have your life as your prize of war, because you trusted in me, declares the Lord.
• Amos 8:2 : 2 And He said, 'What do you see, Amos?' And I said, 'A basket of summer fruit.' Then the Lord said to me, 'The end has come upon My people Israel; I will no longer overlook their sins.'
• Luke 10:28 : 28 Jesus said to him, 'You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live.'
• Luke 20:39 : 39 Some of the scribes replied, 'Teacher, you have spoken well.'
• Jer 52:1-9 : 1 Zedekiah became king when he was twenty-one years old, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. 2 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done. 3 This happened because of the LORD's anger toward Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally cast them out of His presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 4 In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came with his entire army against Jerusalem. They encamped around it and built siege works all around it. 5 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6 By the fourth month, on the ninth day, the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no more food for the people of the land. 7 Then the city was breached, and though the Chaldeans surrounded it, all the soldiers fled by night through the gate between the two walls, near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah. 8 The Chaldean army pursued King Zedekiah and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. His entire army scattered and abandoned him. 9 They seized the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, in the land of Hamath. There, he pronounced judgment on him. 10 The king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, and he also executed all the officials of Judah at Riblah. 11 Then he blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in bronze shackles. The king of Babylon took him to Babylon and kept him in prison until the day he died. 12 In the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13 He set fire to the house of the LORD, the royal palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and every significant building in the city. 14 The entire Chaldean army, under the commander of the guard, tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem. 15 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of those who remained in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the remaining multitude. 16 But Nebuzaradan left behind some of the poorest people of the land to work as vinedressers and farmers. 17 The Chaldeans broke apart the bronze pillars of the house of the LORD, as well as the stands and the bronze sea in the temple, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon. 18 They also took the pots, shovels, snuffers, bowls, dishes, and every bronze article used in the temple service. 19 The captain of the guard took away the basins, firepans, bowls, pots, lampstands, dishes, and drink-offering vessels—everything made of pure gold and pure silver. 20 The weight of the two bronze pillars, the bronze sea, the twelve bronze oxen underneath it, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, was beyond calculation. 21 Each pillar was eighteen cubits high. It was hollow, its walls were four fingers thick, and a measuring cord twelve cubits long could encircle it. 22 The bronze capital on each pillar was five cubits high, decorated with a lattice of bronze network and pomegranates all around. Both pillars were the same, including the pomegranates. 23 There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and the total number of pomegranates on the lattice surrounding them was a hundred. 24 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the deputy priest, and the three doorkeepers. 25 From the city, he took one court official who was in charge of the men of war, seven men of those who had personal access to the king and were found in the city, the scribe of the commander who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people who were found within the city. 26 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27 The king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was taken into exile from its land. 28 This is the number of people whom Nebuchadnezzar exiled: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews; 29 in Nebuchadnezzar's eighteenth year, 832 people were exiled from Jerusalem; 30 and in his twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, exiled 745 Jews. In total, 4,600 people were taken away. 31 In the thirty-seventh year of Jehoiachin’s exile, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, showed favor to Jehoiachin, king of Judah, and released him from prison. 32 He spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33 Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes and regularly ate at the king’s table for the rest of his life. 34 As long as he lived, his regular food allowance was given to him by the king of Babylon, day by day, until his death.
• Deut 5:28 : 28 The LORD heard your words when you spoke to me, and He said to me, 'I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.
• Deut 18:17 : 17 The LORD said to me, 'What they say is good.'