NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon They shall diemuwth (mooth) causatively, to kill of grievous tachaluw' (takh-al-oo') a malady -- disease, grievous, (that are) sick(-ness). deaths mamowth (maw-mothe') a mortal disease; concretely, a corpse -- death. they shall not be lamented caphad (saw-fad') to tear the hair and beat the breasts (as Orientals do in grief); generally to lament; by implication, to wail -- lament, mourn(-er), wail. neither shall they be buried qabar (kaw-bar') to inter -- in any wise, bury(-ier). but they shall be as dung domen (do'-men) manure -- dung. upon the face paniym (paw-neem') the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) of the earth 'adamah (ad-aw-maw') soil (from its general redness) -- country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land. and they shall be consumed kalah (kaw-law') to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume) by the sword chereb (kheh'-reb) drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement -- axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool. and by famine ra`ab (raw-awb') hunger (more or less extensive) -- dearth, famine, + famished, hunger. and their carcases nbelah (neb-ay-law') a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol -- (dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself, which died, (beast) that (which) dieth of itself. shall be meat ma'akal (mah-ak-awl') an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit) -- food, fruit, (bake-) meat(-s), victual. for the fowls `owph (ofe) a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively -- bird, that flieth, flying, fowl. of heaven shamayim (shaw-mah'-yim) air, astrologer, heaven(-s). and for the beasts bhemah (be-hay-maw') a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective) -- beast, cattle. of the earth 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth." King James Bible They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. Holman Christian Standard Bible They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the face of the earth. They will be finished off by sword and famine. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land. International Standard Version "They'll die of deadly diseases. People won't mourn for them, nor will they be buried. They'll be dung on the surface of the ground, and they'll come to an end with the sword and with famine. Their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the animals of the land." NET Bible They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals. GOD'S WORD® Translation They will die horrible deaths. No one will mourn for them or bury them. They will be like manure on the ground. Wars and famines will bring them to an end. Their bodies will be food for birds and animals. King James 2000 Bible They shall die grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as refuse upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. Links Jeremiah 16:4Jeremiah 16:4 NIV Jeremiah 16:4 NLT Jeremiah 16:4 ESV Jeremiah 16:4 NASB Jeremiah 16:4 KJV |