Jeremiah 15:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand: for you have filled me with indignation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹֽא־יָשַׁ֥בְתִּי בְסוֹד־מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים וָֽאֶעְלֹ֑ז מִפְּנֵ֤י יָֽדְךָ֙ בָּדָ֣ד יָשַׁ֔בְתִּי כִּֽי־זַ֖עַם מִלֵּאתָֽנִי׃

Transliteration

Not-yāšabtî in-sôd-məśaḥăqîm wā-ʾeʿlōz; from-before your-hand alone yāšabtî, for-zaʿam millêʾtānî.

Grammar Details

• *yāšabtî*: qal perfect 1st common singular - I sat
• *sôd*: noun common masculine singular construct - company of
• *məśaḥăqîm*: piel participle masculine plural - mockers/revelers
• *wā-ʾeʿlōz*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 1st common singular - and I exulted
• *yādəkā*: noun common feminine singular construct with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your hand
• *bādād*: adverb - alone/solitary
• *zaʿam*: noun common masculine singular - indignation
• *millêʾtānî*: piel perfect 2nd masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you filled me

Word Meanings

• *lōʾ-yāšabtî bəsôd-məśaḥăqîm*: I did not sit in the assembly of merrymakers/I did not sit in the circle of revelers
• *wā-ʾeʿlōz*: and rejoice/exult/make merry
• *mippənê yādəkā*: because of your hand/from before your power
• *bādād yāšabtî*: I sat alone/I dwelt in solitude
• *zaʿam millêʾtānî*: you filled me with indignation/you have filled me with wrath

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I did not sit in the company of revelers nor did I rejoice. Because of Your hand, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I sat{H3427} not in the assembly{H5475} of them that make merry,{H7832} nor rejoiced;{H5937} I sat{H3427} alone{H910} because{H6440} of thy hand;{H3027} for thou hast filled{H4390} me with indignation.{H2195}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I sat{H3427}{(H8804)} not in the assembly{H5475} of the mockers{H7832}{(H8764)}, nor rejoiced{H5937}{(H8799)}; I sat{H3427}{(H8804)} alone{H910} because{H6440} of thy hand{H3027}: for thou hast filled{H4390}{(H8765)} me with indignation{H2195}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I dwell not amonge the scorners, nether is my delyte therin: but I dwell only in the feare of thy honde, for thou hast fylled me with bytternes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I sate not in the assembly of the mockers, neither did I reioyce, but sate alone because of thy plague: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I dwell not among the scorners, neither is my delight therin: but I dwell alone because of thy hande, for thou hast fylled me with bitternesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I didn't sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I have not sat in an assembly of deriders, Nor do I exult, because of thy hand, -- Alone I have sat, For `with' indignation Thou hast filled me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I sat not in the assembly of them that make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand; for thou hast filled me with indignation.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I did not take my seat among the band of those who are glad, and I had no joy; I kept by myself because of your hand; for you have made me full of wrath.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I didn't sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand; for you have filled me with indignation.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time. I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
• Lam 3:28 : 28 He sits alone and keeps silent, because He has laid it on him.
• Ps 26:4-5 : 4 I have not sat with false persons, nor will I go in with hypocrites. 5 I have hated the congregation of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.
• Ps 102:7 : 7 I watch, and am like a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
• Jer 6:11 : 11 Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding it in. I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.
• Jer 13:17 : 17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is taken captive.
• Ezek 3:24-25 : 24 Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut yourself within your house. 25 But you, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon you, and they shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them:
• 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.
• Dan 7:28 : 28 Until now is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly troubled me, and my countenance changed in me, but I kept the matter in my heart.
• Jer 16:8 : 8 You shall not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
• Jer 20:8-9 : 8 For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach to me, and a derision, daily. 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak anymore in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with holding back, and I could not stay.
• Jer 1:10 : 10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.