Jeremiah Chapter 21 verse 8 Holy Bible
And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
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And to this people you are to say, The Lord has said, See, I put before you the way of life and the way of death.
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And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
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And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
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To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
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And unto this people thou dost say, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am setting before you the way of life, And the way of death!
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) The way of life, and the way of death.--The words are not unlike those of Deuteronomy 11:26-27; Deuteronomy 30:15; Deuteronomy 30:19, but there is something like a solemn irony in their application here. They obviously present themselves, not with the wide spiritual application with which they meet us there, but are to be taken in their lowest and most literal sense. The "way of life" is no longer that way of righteousness which the men of Judah had forsaken, leading to the life of eternal blessedness, but simply submission to the Chaldaeans, and the life so gained was one of exile and poverty, if not of bondage also.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewYou are also to sayתֹּאמַ֔ר (tō·mar)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, saytoוְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)Conjunctive waw | PrepositionStrong's 413: Near, with, among, tothisהַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh)Article | Pronoun - masculine singularStrong's 2088: This, thatpeople,הָעָ֤ם (hā·‘ām)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock‘This is whatכֹּ֖ה (kōh)AdverbStrong's 3541: Like this, thus, here, nowthe LORDיְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3069: YHWHsays:אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 559: To utter, sayBehold,הִנְנִ֤י (hin·nî)Interjection | first person common singularStrong's 2005: Lo! behold!I setנֹתֵן֙ (nō·ṯên)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, setbeforeלִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם (lip̄·nê·ḵem)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine pluralStrong's 6440: The faceyouאֶת־ (’eṯ-)Direct object markerStrong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative casethe wayדֶּ֥רֶךְ (de·reḵ)Noun - common singular constructStrong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of actionof lifeהַחַיִּ֖ים (ha·ḥay·yîm)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, lifeand the wayדֶּ֥רֶךְ (de·reḵ)Noun - common singular constructStrong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of actionof death.הַמָּֽוֶת׃ (ham·mā·weṯ)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruinJump to PreviousDeath Furthermore Life Setting Way
