Jeremiah 44:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great multitude, even all the people who dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּעֲנ֣וּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ כָּל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֤ים הַיֹּֽדְעִים֙ כִּֽי־מְקַטְּר֤וֹת נְשֵׁיהֶם֙ לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וְכָל־הַנָּשִׁ֥ים הָעֹמְד֖וֹת קָהָ֣ל גָּד֑וֹל וְכָל־הָעָ֛ם הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים בְּאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּפַתְר֥וֹס לֵאמֹֽר׃

Transliteration

wayyaʿănû ʾet-yirməyāhû all the ʾănāšîm hayyōdəʿîm that məqaṭṭərôt nəšêhem lēʾlōhîm ʾăḥērîm, and all the nāšîm hāʿōmədôt qāhāl gādôl, and all the ʿām hayyōšəbîm in ʾereṣ-miṣrayim in patrôs saying:

Grammar Details

• *wayyaʿănû*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural consecutive - and they answered
• *ʾet-yirməyāhû*: direct object marker + proper noun - Jeremiah
• *ʾănāšîm*: noun masculine plural - men
• *hayyōdəʿîm*: definite article + qal participle masculine plural - the ones knowing
• *məqaṭṭərôt*: piel participle feminine plural - burning incense/offering sacrifices
• *nəšêhem*: noun feminine plural construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their wives
• *lēʾlōhîm*: preposition + noun masculine plural - to gods
• *ʾăḥērîm*: adjective masculine plural - other/foreign
• *nāšîm*: noun feminine plural - women
• *hāʿōmədôt*: definite article + qal participle feminine plural - the ones standing
• *qāhāl*: noun masculine singular - assembly/congregation
• *gādôl*: adjective masculine singular - great/large
• *ʿām*: noun masculine singular - people
• *hayyōšəbîm*: definite article + qal participle masculine plural - the ones dwelling
• *patrôs*: proper noun - Pathros (region in Egypt)

Word Meanings

• *məqaṭṭərôt*: burning incense/making smoke offerings/sacrificing
• *ʾělōhîm*: gods/deities/divine beings
• *ʾăḥērîm*: other/foreign/strange
• *qāhāl*: assembly/congregation/gathering
• *patrôs*: Pathros (region in southern Egypt)

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods answered Jeremiah, along with all the women standing there in a large assembly, and all the people living in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, saying:

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered emiah, saying,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then all the men{H582} who knew{H3045} that their wives{H802} burned incense{H6999} unto other{H312} gods,{H430} and all the women{H802} that stood by,{H5975} a great{H1419} assembly,{H6951} even all the people{H5971} that dwelt{H3427} in the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} in Pathros,{H6624} answered{H6030} Jeremiah,{H3414} saying,{H559}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then all the men{H582} which knew{H3045}{(H8802)} that their wives{H802} had burned incense{H6999}{(H8764)} unto other{H312} gods{H430}, and all the women{H802} that stood by{H5975}{(H8802)}, a great{H1419} multitude{H6951}, even all the people{H5971} that dwelt{H3427}{(H8802)} in the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, in Pathros{H6624}, answered{H6030}{(H8799)} Jeremiah{H3414}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then all the men which knewe that their wyues had offred vnto straunge goddes, & a greate sorte off wyues that stode there, yee and all the people that dwelt there in Egipte in the cite of Patures, answerde Ieremy, & sayde:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then all the men which knewe that their wiues had burnt incense vnto other gods and all the wome that stoode by, a great multitude, euen all the people that dwelt in the lande of Egypt in Pathros, answered Ieremiah, saying,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then all the men whiche knewe that their wiues had offred vnto straunge gods, and a great sort of wiues that stoode there, yea and all the people that dwelt there in Egypt in the citie of Phatures, aunswered Ieremie and saide:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they answer Jeremiah -- all the men who are knowing that their wives are making perfume to other gods, and all the women who are remaining, a great assembly, even all the people who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, in Pathros -- saying:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great assembly, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then all the men who had knowledge that their wives were burning perfumes to other gods, and all the women who were present, a great meeting, answering Jeremiah, said,

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then all the men who knew that their wives burned incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, even all the people who lived in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then all the men who were aware that their wives were sacrificing to other gods, as well as all their wives, answered Jeremiah. There was a great crowd of them representing all the people who lived in northern and southern Egypt. They answered,

Referenced Verses

• Prov 11:21 : 21 Though they join hands, the wicked shall not be unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous shall be delivered.
• Isa 1:5 : 5 Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
• Jer 5:1-5 : 1 Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who executes judgment, who seeks the truth; and I will pardon it. 2 And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely. 3 O LORD, are not your eyes upon the truth? You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. 4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will go to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
• Matt 7:13 : 13 Enter by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who go in by it.
• 2 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their pernicious ways; by whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.
• Gen 19:4 : 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.
• Neh 13:26 : 26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless, pagan women caused even him to sin.