Jeremiah 15:18
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Whyלָ֣מָּה
(lam·mah)
4100: what? how? anythinga prim. interrogative and indefinite particle
has my painכְאֵבִי֙
(che·'e·vi)
3511: a painfrom kaab
beenהָיָ֤ה
(ha·yah)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
perpetualנֶ֔צַח
(ne·tzach,)
5331: eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuityfrom natsach
And my woundוּמַכָּתִ֖י
(u·mak·ka·ti)
4347: a blow, wound, slaughterfrom nakah
incurable,אֲנוּשָׁ֑ה֙
(a·nu·shah;)
605: to be weak, sicka prim. root
refusingמֵֽאֲנָה֙
(me·'a·nah)
3985: to refusea prim. root
to be healed?הֵֽרָפֵ֔א
(he·ra·fe,)
7495: to heala prim. root
Will You indeedהָיֹ֨ו
(ha·yov)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
be to me likeכְּמֹ֣ו
(ke·mov)
3644: like, as, whena pleonastic form of a preposition prefix
a deceptiveאַכְזָ֔ב
(ach·zav,)
391: deceptive, disappointingfrom kazab
[stream] With waterמַ֖יִם
(ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
that is unreliable?נֶאֱמָֽנוּ׃
(ne·'e·ma·nu.)
539: to confirm, supporta prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Why is my pain
k'eb  (keh-abe')
suffering (physical or mental), adversity -- grief, pain, sorrow.
perpetual
netsach  (neh'-tsakh)
a goal, i.e. the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objectively) confidence; but usually (adverbially), continually (i.e. to the most distant point of view)
and my wound
makkah  (mak-kaw')
beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).
incurable
'anash  (aw-nash')
to be frail, feeble, or (figuratively) melancholy -- desperate(-ly wicked), incurable, sick, woeful.
which refuseth
ma'en  (maw-ane')
to refuse -- refuse, utterly.
to be healed
rapha'  (raw-faw')
to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure -- cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, thoroughly, make whole.
wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar
'akzab  (ak-zawb')
falsehood; by implication treachery -- liar, lie.
and as waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
that fail
'aman  (aw-man')
to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Why has my pain been perpetual And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You indeed be to me like a deceptive stream With water that is unreliable?

King James Bible
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Why has my pain become unending, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You truly have become like a mirage to me-- water that is not reliable.

International Standard Version
Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You are like a deceptive brook, whose waters cannot be depended on.

NET Bible
Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to heal? Will you disappoint me like a stream that dries up in summertime?

King James 2000 Bible
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you be altogether unto me as a deceitful brook, and as waters that fail?
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