Jeremiah 22:21
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"I spokeדִּבַּ֤רְתִּי
(dib·bar·ti)
1696: to speaka prim. root
to you in your prosperity;בְּשַׁלְוֹתַ֔יִךְ
(be·shal·vo·ta·yich,)
7962: quietness, easefrom shalah
But you said,אָמַ֖רְתְּ
(a·mar·te)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
'I will not listen!'אֶשְׁמָ֑ע
(esh·ma;)
8085: to heara prim. root
Thisזֶ֤ה
(zeh)
2088: this, herea prim. pronoun
has been your practiceדַרְכֵּךְ֙
(dar·kech)
1870: way, road, distance, journey, mannerfrom darak
from your youth,מִנְּעוּרַ֔יִךְ
(min·ne·'u·ra·yich,)
5271: youth, early lifefrom the same as naar
That you have not obeyedשָׁמַ֖עַתְּ
(sha·ma·'at·te)
8085: to heara prim. root
My voice.בְּקֹולִֽי׃
(be·ko·v·li.)
6963: sound, voicefrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
I spake
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
unto thee in thy prosperity
shalvah  (shal-vaw')
security (genuine or false) -- abundance, peace(-ably), prosperity, quietness.
but thou saidst
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
I will not hear
shama`  (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
This hath been thy manner
derek  (deh'-rek)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
from thy youth
na`uwr  (naw-oor')
(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people) -- childhood, youth.
that thou obeyedst
shama`  (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
not my voice
qowl  (kole)
from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"I spoke to you in your prosperity; But you said, 'I will not listen!' This has been your practice from your youth, That you have not obeyed My voice.

King James Bible
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I spoke to you when you were secure. You said, "I will not listen." This has been your way since youth; indeed, you have never listened to Me.

International Standard Version
I spoke to you when you were secure, but you said, "I won't listen!" This has been your way since your youth, for you haven't obeyed me.

NET Bible
While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. But you said, "I refuse to listen to you." That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I spoke to you when you were prosperous, but you said that you wouldn't listen. This is how you've been ever since you were young. You don't listen to me.

King James 2000 Bible
I spoke unto you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear. This has been your manner from your youth, that you obeyed not my voice.
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