NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon As the partridgeqore' (ko-ray') a caller, i.e. partridge (from its cry) -- partridge. sitteth dagar (daw-gar') to brood over eggs or young -- gather, sit. on eggs and hatcheth yalad (yaw-lad') to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage them not so he that getteth `asah (aw-saw') to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application riches `osher (o'-sher) wealth -- far (richer), riches. and not by right mishpat (mish-pawt') a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective shall leave `azab (aw-zab') to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc. -- commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, surely. them in the midst chetsiy (khay-tsee') the half or middle -- half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts. of his days yowm (yome) a day (as the warm hours), and at his end 'achariyth (akh-ar-eeth') the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity -- (last, latter) end (time), hinder (utter) -most, length, posterity, remnant, residue, reward. shall be a fool nabal (naw-bawl') stupid; wicked (especially impious) -- fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid, So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly; In the midst of his days it will forsake him, And in the end he will be a fool." King James Bible As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. Holman Christian Standard Bible He who makes a fortune unjustly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn't lay. In the middle of his days his riches will abandon him, so in the end he will be a fool. International Standard Version As a partridge gathers together eggs that it didn't lay, so is a person who amasses wealth unjustly. In the middle of his life it will leave him, and in the end he will prove to be a fool. NET Bible The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool." GOD'S WORD® Translation A person who gets rich dishonestly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay. During his lifetime, he will lose his wealth. In the end, he will be a godless fool." King James 2000 Bible As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. Links Jeremiah 17:11Jeremiah 17:11 NIV Jeremiah 17:11 NLT Jeremiah 17:11 ESV Jeremiah 17:11 NASB Jeremiah 17:11 KJV |
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