Jeremiah 5:22

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַאוֹתִ֨י לֹא־תִירָ֜אוּ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֗ה אִ֤ם מִפָּנַי֙ לֹ֣א תָחִ֔ילוּ אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֤מְתִּי חוֹל֙ גְּב֣וּל לַיָּ֔ם חָק־עוֹלָ֖ם וְלֹ֣א יַעַבְרֶ֑נְהוּ וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יוּכָ֔לוּ וְהָמ֥וּ גַלָּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א יַעַבְרֻֽנְהוּ׃

Transliteration

?Ha'ôtî not-you will tîrā'û nə'um-YHWH, if from my pānay not you will tāḥîlû? I who-śamtî ḥôl gəbûl to the yām, ḥoq-'ôlām and not it will ya'abrenhu; and they wayyitgā'ăšû and not they yûkālû, and they hāmû his gallāyw and not they ya'abrunnəhû.

Grammar Details

• *ha*: interrogative prefix - ?
• *'ôtî*: direct object marker + 1st singular suffix - me
• *lō'*: negative particle - not
• *tîrā'û*: imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will fear
• *nə'um*: construct noun - declaration/utterance of
• *YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh
• *'im*: conditional particle - if
• *mippānay*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct + 1st singular suffix - from my face/presence
• *tāḥîlû*: imperfect, 2nd masculine plural - you will tremble
• *'ăšer*: relative pronoun - who
• *śamtî*: perfect, 1st singular - I placed
• *ḥôl*: noun, masculine singular - sand
• *gəbûl*: noun, masculine singular - boundary/border/limit
• *la*: preposition + article - to the
• *yām*: noun, masculine singular - sea
• *ḥoq*: noun, masculine singular construct - statute/decree of
• *'ôlām*: noun, masculine singular - eternity
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ya'abrenhu*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - it will pass over it
• *wa*: conjunction - and
• *yitgā'ăšû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, hithpael - they toss themselves
• *yûkālû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they are able
• *hāmû*: perfect, 3rd plural - they roar
• *gallāyw*: noun, masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its waves
• *ya'abrunnəhû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - they will pass over it

Word Meanings

• *tîrā'û*: you will fear/revere/be afraid of
• *tāḥîlû*: you will tremble/writhe/be in anguish
• *ḥôl*: sand/grain
• *gəbûl*: boundary/border/limit
• *ḥoq-'ôlām*: eternal decree/everlasting statute
• *yitgā'ăšû*: toss themselves/rage/roar
• *hāmû*: roar/make noise/be tumultuous
• *ya'abrunnəhû*: pass over it/transgress it/cross it

Referenced Verses

• Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
• Job 38:10-11 : 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
• Jer 10:7 : 7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
• Deut 28:58 : 58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
• Ps 104:9 : 9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
• Job 26:10 : 10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
• Prov 8:29 : 29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
• Isa 50:2 : 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
• Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
• Ps 33:7 : 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
• Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up{H8804)}, O LORD, the floods have lifted up{H8804)} their voice; the floods lift up{H8799)} their waves. 4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
• Ps 99:1 : 1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
• Dan 6:26 : 26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
• Amos 9:6 : 6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.
• Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
• Matt 10:28 : 28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Mark 4:39 : 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
• Luke 12:5 : 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.