Jeremiah 37:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remain only wounded men among them, yet they shall rise up, every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י אִם־הִכִּיתֶ֞ם כָּל־חֵ֤יל כַּשְׂדִּים֙ הַנִּלְחָמִ֣ים אִתְּכֶ֔ם וְנִ֨שְׁאֲרוּ‪[t]‬ בָ֔ם אֲנָשִׁ֖ים מְדֻקָּרִ֑ים אִ֤ישׁ בְּאָהֳלוֹ֙ יָק֔וּמוּ וְשָֽׂרְפ֛וּ אֶת־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

Transliteration

For if-hikkîtem all-ḥêl Kaśdîm the-nilḥāmîm with-you and-nišʾărû in-them ʾănāšîm məḏuqqārîm ʾîš in-ʾāhŏlô yāqûmû and-wəśārəp̄û ʾet-the-ʿîr the-zōʾt in-the-ʾēš.

Grammar Details

• *hikkîtem*: Hiphil perfect 2nd masculine plural - you struck/defeated
• *ḥêl*: masculine singular construct - army of
• *Kaśdîm*: proper noun - Chaldeans
• *nilḥāmîm*: Niphal participle masculine plural with definite article - the ones fighting
• *nišʾărû*: Niphal perfect 3rd common plural - remained/were left
• *ʾănāšîm*: masculine plural noun - men
• *məḏuqqārîm*: Pual participle masculine plural - pierced/wounded
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - each man
• *ʾāhŏlô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his tent
• *yāqûmû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they would rise
• *wəśārəp̄û*: waw + Qal perfect 3rd common plural - and they would burn
• *ʿîr*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the city
• *zōʾt*: feminine singular demonstrative pronoun with definite article - this
• *ʾēš*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the fire

Word Meanings

• *məḏuqqārîm*: wounded/pierced/stabbed men
• *ʾîš* in-*ʾāhŏlô*: each in his tent/every man in his tent

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Even if you were to strike down the entire Chaldean army fighting against you, and only wounded men were left in their tents, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For though ye had slayne the whole hooste off the Caldees. that besege you, and euery one of the slayne laye in his tent, yet shulde they stonde vp, and set fyre vpon this cite.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For though ye had smitten the whole hoste of the Caldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should euery man rise vp in his tent, and burne this citie with fire.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For though ye had slayne the whole hoast of the Chaldees that besiege you, and that none remayned of them but wounded men, yet shoulde they stande vp and set fire vpon this citie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained [but] wounded men among them, [yet] should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for though ye had smitten all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men -- each in his tent -- they rise, and have burnt this city with fire.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yea would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down.”’”

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:36-38 : 36 And upon those who are left alive of you I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one flees from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursues. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursues: and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
• Isa 30:17 : 17 One thousand shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you shall flee: until you are left as a beacon on the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.
• Jer 21:4-7 : 4 Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls, and I will gather them into the midst of this city. 5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. 6 And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. 7 And afterward, says the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their lives, and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, nor have pity, nor have mercy.
• Jer 37:8 : 8 And the Chaldeans shall come again and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire.'
• Jer 49:20 : 20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he will make their habitation desolate with them.
• Jer 50:45 : 45 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall drag them out: surely he shall make their dwelling desolate with them.
• Jer 51:4 : 4 Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and those thrust through in her streets.
• Joel 2:11 : 11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army, for his camp is very great, for he is strong who executes his word. For the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; who can endure it?
• Isa 10:4 : 4 Without me, they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall among the slain. For all this, his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
• Isa 13:15 : 15 Everyone who is found will be thrust through; and everyone who is joined to them will fall by the sword.
• Isa 14:19 : 19 But you are cast out of your grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; like a carcass trodden under foot.