NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Shall evilra` (rah) bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.). be recompensed shalam (shaw-lam') to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate for good towb (tobe) good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun for they have digged karah (kaw-raw') to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open -- dig, make (a banquet), open. a pit shuwchah (shoo-khaw') a chasm -- ditch, pit. for my soul nephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) Remember zakar (zaw-kar') to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention that I stood `amad (aw-mad') to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive) before 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.) thee to speak dabar (daw-bar') perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue good towb (tobe) good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun for them and to turn away shuwb (shoob) to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively thy wrath chemah (khay-maw') heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever) -- anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). from them Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You To speak good on their behalf, So as to turn away Your wrath from them. King James Bible Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. Holman Christian Standard Bible Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your anger from them. International Standard Version Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit to take my life. Remember! I stood before you and spoke good on their behalf in order to turn your wrath away from them. NET Bible Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them. GOD'S WORD® Translation Good should not be paid back with evil. They dig a pit to take my life. Remember how I stood in your presence and pleaded for them in order to turn your anger away from them. King James 2000 Bible Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them. Links Jeremiah 18:20Jeremiah 18:20 NIV Jeremiah 18:20 NLT Jeremiah 18:20 ESV Jeremiah 18:20 NASB Jeremiah 18:20 KJV |