Jeremiah 13:7

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Complete Jewish Bible:

So I went to Parah and dug up the loincloth; but when I took it from the place where I had hidden it, I saw that it was ruined and useless for anything.

Berean Standard Bible:

So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.

American Standard Version:

Then I went to the Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Then I went{H3212} to Euphrates{H6578}, and digged{H2658}, and took{H3947} the girdle{H232} from the place{H4725} where I had hid{H2934} it: and, behold, the girdle{H232} was marred{H7843}, it was profitable{H6743} for nothing.

Cross-References (KJV):

Romans 3:12

  • They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

Isaiah 64:6

  • ¶ But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Luke 14:34

  • Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

Luke 14:35

  • It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; [but] men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Jeremiah 24:1

  • ¶ The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs [were] set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

Jeremiah 24:8

  • And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

Zechariah 3:3

  • Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.

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Commentary for Jeremiah 13:7

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3212
    There are 938 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָלַךְ
    Transliteration: yâlak
    Pronunciation: yaw-lak'
    Description: a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
  2. Strong's Number: H6578
    There are 19 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פְּרָת
    Transliteration: Pᵉrâth
    Pronunciation: per-awth'
    Description: from an unused root meaning to break forth; rushing; Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East; Euphrates.
  3. Strong's Number: H2658
    There are 21 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָפַר
    Transliteration: châphar
    Pronunciation: khaw-far'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore; dig, paw, search out, seek.
  4. Strong's Number: H3947
    There are 909 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: לָקַח
    Transliteration: lâqach
    Pronunciation: law-kakh'
    Description: a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
  5. Strong's Number: H232
    There are 259 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֵזוֹר
    Transliteration: ʼêzôwr
    Pronunciation: ay-zore'
    Description: from אֲזִקִּים; something girt; a belt, also a band; girdle.
  6. Strong's Number: H4725
    There are 379 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מָקוֹם
    Transliteration: mâqôwm
    Pronunciation: maw-kome'
    Description: or מָקֹם; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה; or מְקֹמָה; from קוּם; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind); country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).
  7. Strong's Number: H2934
    There are 29 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: טָמַן
    Transliteration: ṭâman
    Pronunciation: taw-man'
    Description: a primitive root; to hide (by covering over); hide, lay privily, in secret.
  8. Strong's Number: H7843
    There are 136 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁחַת
    Transliteration: shâchath
    Pronunciation: shaw-khath'
    Description: a primitive root; to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively); batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).
  9. Strong's Number: H6743
    There are 64 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צָלַח
    Transliteration: tsâlach
    Pronunciation: tsaw-lakh'
    Description: or צָלֵחַ; a primitive root; to push forward, in various senses (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive); break out, come (mightily), go over, be good, be meet, be profitable, (cause to, effect, make to, send) prosper(-ity, -ous, -ously).