Jeremiah 9:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

For death has climbed up into our windows, and has entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

דַּבֵּ֗ר כֹּ֚ה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה וְנָֽפְלָה֙ נִבְלַ֣ת הָֽאָדָ֔ם כְּדֹ֖מֶן עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּכְעָמִ֛יר מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י הַקֹּצֵ֖ר וְאֵ֥ין מְאַסֵּֽף׃

Transliteration

dabbēr thus nĕ'um-YHWH wĕnāpĕlāh niblat hā'ādām like-dōmen upon-pĕnê haśśādeh and-like-'āmîr from-behind haqqōṣēr and-'ên mĕ'assēp

Grammar Details

• *dabbēr*: imperative verb, 2nd person masculine singular, piel - speak
• *nĕ'um*: masculine noun, construct state - declaration of
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *wĕnāpĕlāh*: conjunction + perfect verb with waw consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and will fall
• *niblat*: feminine noun, construct state - corpse of
• *hā'ādām*: masculine noun with definite article - the man
• *dōmen*: masculine noun with prefixed preposition - like dung
• *pĕnê*: masculine plural noun, construct state with prefixed preposition - upon the face of
• *haśśādeh*: masculine noun with definite article - the field
• *'āmîr*: masculine noun with prefixed preposition - and like a sheaf
• *haqqōṣēr*: participle, masculine singular with definite article and prefixed preposition - from behind the reaper
• *'ên*: negative existential particle - there is not
• *mĕ'assēp*: participle, masculine singular, piel - gatherer

Word Meanings

• *dabbēr*: speak/say/tell
• *nĕ'um-YHWH*: declaration of YHWH/utterance of YHWH
• *wĕnāpĕlāh*: and will fall/drop/collapse
• *niblat*: corpse of/carcass of/dead body of
• *hā'ādām*: the man/humankind/people
• *dōmen*: dung/manure/refuse
• *pĕnê haśśādeh*: face of the field/surface of the field
• *'āmîr*: sheaf/bundle of grain/swath
• *haqqōṣēr*: the reaper/harvester
• *'ên mĕ'assēp*: there is no gatherer/no one collecting

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Speak, this is what the Lord declares: The dead bodies of people will fall like dung on the open field, like bundles left behind by the reaper, with no one to gather them.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Namely thus: Deeth is clymme vp in at oure wyndowes, he is come in to oure houses, to destroye the childe before the dore, & ye yonge man in the strete.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For death is come vp into our windowes, and is entred into our palaces, to destroy the children without, and the yong men in the streetes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Namely thus Death is climing vp in at our windowes, he is come into our houses, to destroy the chylde before the doore, and the young man in the streete.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For death is come up into our windows, [and] is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, [and] the young men from the streets.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, `and' the young men from the streets.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, [and] the young men from the streets.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  ‘Death has climbed in through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.’

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 36:17 : 17 Therefore, he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or young woman, old man, or aged; he gave them all into his hand.
• 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 15:7 : 7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they do not return from their ways.
• Ezek 9:5-6 : 5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city and strike: let not your eye spare, neither have any pity: 6 Utterly slay old and young, both maidens, and little children, and women: but do not come near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began with the elders who were before the house.
• Amos 6:10-11 : 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he who burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to him that is by the sides of the house, Is there anyone with you? And he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold your tongue: for we must not mention the name of the LORD. 11 For behold, the LORD commands, and He will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
• Ezek 21:14-15 : 14 You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which enters into their private chambers. 15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.