Jeremiah 22:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

But to the land where they desire to return, there shall they not return.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

׃22 27 וְעַל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֛ם מְנַשְּׂאִ֥ים אֶת־נַפְשָׁ֖ם לָשׁ֣וּב שָׁ֑ם שָׁ֖מָּה לֹ֥א יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ ס

Transliteration

And to hāʾāreṣ which they mᵉnaśśᵉʾîm ʾet-napšām to lāšûb there, there not yāšûbû.

Grammar Details

• *wᵉ-ʿal-hā-ʾāreṣ*: conjunction + preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - and to the land
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *hēm*: 3rd masculine plural independent pronoun - they
• *mᵉnaśśᵉʾîm*: participle, masculine plural, piel - lifting up
• *ʾet-napšām*: direct object marker + noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their soul
• *lā-šûb*: preposition + infinitive construct, qal - to return
• *šām*: adverb - there
• *šāmmāh*: adverb with directional he - there
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *yāšûbû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, qal - they will return

Word Meanings

• *mᵉnaśśᵉʾîm ʾet-napšām*: lifting up their soul/longing/desiring earnestly
• *lāšûb*: to return/come back/restore
• *yāšûbû*: they will return/come back

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  You will never return to the land you long to go back to.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But to the land{H776} whereunto their soul longeth{H5375} to return,{H7725} thither shall they not return.{H7725}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But to the land{H776} whereunto they desire{H5375}{(H8764)}{(H8676)}{H5315} to return{H7725}{(H8800)}, thither shall they not return{H7725}{(H8799)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But as for the londe that ye will desyre to returne vnto, ye shall neuer come at it agayne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But to the lande, whereunto they desire to returne, they shall not returne thither.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But as for the lande that ye wyll desire to returne vnto, ye shall neuer come at it agayne.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But to the land whereunto their soul longs to return, there shall they not return.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And to the land whither they are lifting up their soul to return, Thither they do not return.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But to the land whereunto their soul longeth to return, thither shall they not return.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But to the land on which their soul's desire is fixed, they will never come back.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But to the land whereunto their soul longs to return, there shall they not return.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You will never come back to this land to which you will long to return!”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 44:14 : 14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
• Jer 52:31-34 : 31 And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him out of prison, 32 And spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, 33 And changed his prison garments: and he regularly ate bread before him all the days of his life. 34 And for his diet, there was a regular portion given to him by the king of Babylon, daily a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
• 2 Kgs 25:27-30 : 27 And it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; 28 And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon; 29 And changed his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before him all the days of his life. 30 And his allowance was a continual allowance given him by the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
• Ps 86:4 : 4 Bring joy to the soul of Your servant, for to You, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
• Jer 22:11 : 11 For thus says the LORD concerning Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went forth out of this place; He shall not return there anymore: