Jeremiah 31:37
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Thusכֹּ֣ה
(koh)
3541: thus, herea prim. adverb
saysאָמַ֣ר
(a·mar)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
the LORD,יְהוָ֗ה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
"Ifאִם־
(im-)
518: ifa prim. conjunction
the heavensשָׁמַ֙יִם֙
(sha·ma·yim)
8064: heaven, skyfrom an unused word
above 
 
4480: froma prim. preposition
can be measuredיִמַּ֤דּוּ
(yim·mad·du)
4058: to measurea prim. root
And the foundations 
 
4144: foundationfrom yasad
of the earthאֶ֖רֶץ
(e·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root
searchedוְיֵחָקְר֥וּ
(ve·ye·cha·ke·ru)
2713: to searcha prim. root
out below,לְמָ֑טָּה
(le·mat·tah;)
4295: downwardsfrom natah
Then I will alsoגַּם־
(gam-)
1571: also, moreover, yeafrom an unused word
cast offאֶמְאַ֨ס
(em·'as)
3988a: to rejecta prim. root
allבְּכָל־
(be·chol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
the offspringזֶ֧רַע
(ze·ra)
2233: a sowing, seed, offspringfrom zara
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
(yis·ra·'el)
3478: "God strives," another name of Jacob and his desc.from sarah and el
For allכָּל־
(kol-)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
that they have done,"עָשׂ֖וּ
(a·su)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
declaresנְאֻם־
(ne·'um-)
5002: utterancefrom an unused word
the LORD.יְהוָֽה׃
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah


















KJV Lexicon
Thus saith
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
If heaven
shamayim  (shaw-mah'-yim)
air, astrologer, heaven(-s).
above
ma`al  (mah'al)
the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc. -- above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
can be measured
madad  (maw-dad')
by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended -- measure, mete, stretch self.
and the foundations
mowcadah  (mo-saw-daw')
a foundation -- foundation.
of the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
searched out
chaqar  (khaw-kar')
to penetrate; hence, to examine intimately -- find out, (make) search (out), seek (out), sound, try.
beneath
mattah  (mat'-taw)
downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes -- beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).
I will also cast off
ma'ac  (maw-as')
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
all the seed
zera`  (zeh'-rah)
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity -- carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.
of Israel
Yisra'el  (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
for all that they have done
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
saith
n'um  (neh-oom')
an oracle -- (hath) said, saith.
the LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Thus says the LORD, "If the heavens above can be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel For all that they have done," declares the LORD.

King James Bible
Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This is what the LORD says: If the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below explored, I will reject all of Israel's descendants because of all they have done-- this is the LORD's declaration.

International Standard Version
This is what the LORD says: "If the heavens could be measured above, or the foundations of the earth be searched out below, then I also would reject all the descendants of Israel because of everything they have done," declares the LORD.

NET Bible
The LORD says, "I will not reject all the descendants of Israel because of all that they have done. That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored," says the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This is what the LORD says: Only if the heavens could be measured or the foundations of the earth could be searched, would I ever reject all of Israel's descendants because of everything that they have done, declares the LORD.

King James 2000 Bible
Thus says the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the descendants of Israel for all that they have done, says the LORD.
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