Jeremiah 16:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י עֵינַי֙ עַל־כָּל־דַּרְכֵיהֶ֔ם לֹ֥א נִסְתְּר֖וּ מִלְּפָנָ֑י וְלֹֽא־נִצְפַּ֥ן עֲוֺנָ֖ם מִנֶּ֥גֶד עֵינָֽי׃

Transliteration

For ʿênay upon all-darḵêhem not nistərû from-before-me and-not-niṣpan ʿăwōnām from-negeḏ ʿênāy

Grammar Details

• *ʿênay*: feminine dual noun + 1st person singular suffix - my eyes
• *darḵêhem*: feminine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their ways
• *nistərû*: niphal perfect, 3rd common plural - they are hidden
• *niṣpan*: niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - it is hidden
• *ʿăwōnām*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their iniquity
• *negeḏ*: preposition - in front of/opposite
• *ʿênāy*: feminine dual noun + 1st person singular suffix - my eyes

Word Meanings

• *dereḵ*: way/path/road/journey/manner
• *nistar*: be hidden/concealed
• *niṣpan*: be hidden/concealed
• *ʿāwōn*: iniquity/guilt/punishment for iniquity

Referenced Verses

• Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
• 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
• Ps 90:8 : 8 Thou hast set{H8804)} our iniquities before thee, our secret{H8803)} sins in the light of thy countenance.
• Jer 32:19 : 19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
• 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
• Heb 4:13 : 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
• Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
• Jer 23:24 : 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
• Job 34:21-22 : 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. 22 There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
• Ezek 9:9 : 9 Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not.
• Luke 12:1-2 : 1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
• Ezek 8:12 : 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.
• Ps 139:3 : 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
• Isa 29:15 : 15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?