Jeremiah 26:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים וְהַנְּבִאִים֙ אֶל־הַשָּׂרִ֔ים וְאֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֙וֶת֙ לָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֤י נִבָּא֙ אֶל־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר שְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ם בְּאָזְנֵיכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-wayyōʾmərû the-kōhănîm and-the-nəḇiʾîm to-the-śārîm and-to-all-the-ʿām saying, mišpaṭ-māweṯ to-the-ʾîš the-this because nibbāʾ to-the-ʿîr the-this as-which šəmaʿtem in-ʾāzənêḵem.

Grammar Details

• *wayyōʾmərû*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with waw-consecutive - they said
• *kōhănîm*: masculine plural with definite article - the priests
• *nəḇiʾîm*: masculine plural with definite article - the prophets
• *śārîm*: masculine plural with definite article - the officials
• *mišpaṭ*: construct state, masculine singular - judgment of
• *māweṯ*: masculine singular - death
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular with definite article - the man
• *nibbāʾ*: Niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he prophesied
• *ʿîr*: feminine singular with definite article - the city
• *šəmaʿtem*: Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you heard
• *ʾāzənêḵem*: feminine dual with 2nd person masculine plural possessive suffix - your ears

Word Meanings

• *mišpaṭ-māweṯ*: death sentence/judgment of death
• *ʾōzen*: ear/hearing

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, 'This man deserves the death sentence, for he has prophesied against this city as you have heard with your own ears.'

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then spake{H559} the priests{H3548} and the prophets{H5030} unto the princes{H8269} and to all the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} This man{H376} is worthy{H4941} of death;{H4194} for he hath prophesied{H5012} against this city,{H5892} as ye have heard{H8085} with your ears.{H241}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then spake{H559}{(H8799)} the priests{H3548} and the prophets{H5030} unto the princes{H8269} and to all the people{H5971}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, This man{H376} is worthy{H4941} to die{H4194}; for he hath prophesied{H5012}{(H8738)} against this city{H5892}, as ye have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} with your ears{H241}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then spake the prestes and the prophetes vnto the rulers & to all the people, these wordes: This man is worthy to dye, for he hath preached agaynst this cite, as ye youre selues haue herde with youre eares.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then spake the Priestes, and the prophets vnto the princes, and to all the people, saying, This man is worthie to die: for he hath prophecied against this citie, as ye haue heard with your eares.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then spake the priestes and the prophetes vnto the rulers, and to all the people these wordes, This man is worthy to dye: for he hath preached agaynst this citie, as ye your selues haue hearde with your eares.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man [is] worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And the priests and the prophets speak unto the heads, and unto all the people, saying, `Judgment of death `is' for this man, for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then the priests and the prophets said to the rulers and to all the people, The right fate for this man is death; for he has said words against this town in your hearing.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the priests and the prophets made their charges before the officials and all the people. They said,“This man should be condemned to die because he prophesied against this city. You have heard him do so with your own ears.”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 38:4 : 4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beg you, let this man be put to death; for he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man does not seek the welfare of this people, but the harm.
• Matt 26:66 : 66 What do you think? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
• Deut 18:20 : 20 But the prophet, who shall presume to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.
• Acts 6:11-14 : 11 They secretly instigated men who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God. 12 They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. 13 They set up false witnesses who said, This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law. 14 For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses handed down to us.
• Acts 22:22 : 22 And they listened to him until this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, Away with such a person from the earth, for it is not fit for him to live.
• Acts 24:4-9 : 4 However, that I may not be further tedious to you, I beg you to hear us briefly in your kindness. 5 For we have found this man to be a pestilent fellow, and a creator of discord among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: 6 Who also attempted to desecrate the temple: whom we seized, and would have judged according to our law. 7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great force took him away out of our hands, 8 Commanding his accusers to come before you: by examining of whom you yourself may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him. 9 And the Jews also agreed, saying that these things were true.
• Acts 25:2-9 : 2 Then the high priest and the leaders of the Jews informed him against Paul and pleaded with him, 3 requesting a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him on the way. 4 But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would shortly go there. 5 Let those of you who are able, come down with me and accuse this man, if there is any fault in him. 6 And when he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, commanded Paul to be brought. 7 And when he arrived, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around and brought many serious charges against Paul, which they could not prove. 8 While he answered for himself, I have not offended against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar. 9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged regarding these things before me? 10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you very well know. 11 For if I am an offender, or have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die: but if there is nothing of these charges against me, no one can deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar. 12 Then Festus, after he had conferred with the council, answered, Have you appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go. 13 And after some days, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus.
• Luke 23:1-5 : 1 And the whole crowd arose and led Him to Pilate. 2 And they began to accuse Him, saying, We found this man misleading the nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, claiming that He is Christ, a King. 3 And Pilate asked Him, saying, Are You the King of the Jews? And He answered him, saying, You say it. 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. 5 But they were even more fierce, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to here.
• John 18:30 : 30 They answered and said to him, If he were not a wrongdoer, we would not have delivered him to you.
• John 19:7 : 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
• Jer 18:23 : 23 Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight, but let them be overthrown before you; deal thus with them in the time of your anger.