NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon For he shall be like the heath`ar`ar (ar-awr') naked, i.e. (figuratively) poor -- destitute. in the desert `arabah (ar-aw-baw') a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea -- Arabah, champaign, desert, evening, heaven, plain, wilderness. and shall not see ra'ah (raw-aw') to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)surely, think, view, visions. when good towb (tobe) good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun cometh bow' (bo) to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) but shall inhabit shakan (shaw-kan') to reside or permanently stay -- abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up). the parched places charer (khaw-rare') arid -- parched place. in the wilderness midbar (mid-bawr') a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs) -- desert, south, speech, wilderness. in a salt mlechah (mel-ay-khaw') salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert -- barren land(-ness), salt (land). land 'erets (eh'-rets) the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world. and not inhabited yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "For he will be like a bush in the desert And will not see when prosperity comes, But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, A land of salt without inhabitant. King James Bible For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Holman Christian Standard Bible He will be like a juniper in the Arabah; he cannot see when good comes but dwells in the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one lives. International Standard Version He will be like a bush in the desert, and he won't see when good comes. He will dwell in parched places in the wilderness, a land of salt, without inhabitants. NET Bible They will be like a shrub in the desert. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the desert, in a salt land where no one can live. GOD'S WORD® Translation He will be like a bush in the wilderness. He will not see when something good comes. He will live in the dry places in the desert, in a salty land where no one can live. King James 2000 Bible For he shall be like the shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited. Links Jeremiah 17:6Jeremiah 17:6 NIV Jeremiah 17:6 NLT Jeremiah 17:6 ESV Jeremiah 17:6 NASB Jeremiah 17:6 KJV |