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Jeremiah 17:17

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Do not be a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Be not a terror to me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Be not a terror unto me: thou art my refuge in the day of evil.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Do not thou become to me a terror,—My refuge, art thou, in the day of calamity.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Be not Thou to me for a terror, My hope [art] Thou in a day of evil.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Be not thou a terror unto me, thou art my hope in the day of affliction.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Be not terrible vnto mee: thou art mine hope in the day of aduersitie.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Be not a terrour vnto me, thou [art] my hope in the day of euill.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Be not a terror to me; but abide with me in the day of trouble.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Be not to me a stranger, [but] spare me in the evil day.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Be x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
not x408
(0408) Complement
אַל
'al
{al}
A negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing.
a terror 4288
{4288} Prime
מְחִתָּה
m@chittah
{mekh-it-taw'}
From H2846; properly a dissolution; concretely a ruin, or (abstractly) consternation.
unto me: thou x859
(0859) Complement
אַתָּה
'attah
{at-taw'}
A primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you.
[art] my hope 4268
{4268} Prime
מַחַסֶה
machaceh
{makh-as-eh'}
From H2620; a shelter (literally or figuratively).
in the day 3117
{3117} Prime
יוֹם
yowm
{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially).
of evil. 7451
{7451} Prime
רָע
ra`
{rah}
From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Jeremiah 17:14-18.


Jeremiah 17:17

_ _ a terror — namely, by deserting me: all I fear is Thine abandoning me; if Thou art with me, I have no fear of evil from enemies.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Jeremiah 17:12-18.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Jeremiah 17:17

Be not (q) a terror to me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.

(q) However the wicked deal rigorously with me, yet let me find comfort in you.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
a terror:

Job 31:23 For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
Psalms 77:2-9 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. ... Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
Psalms 88:15-16 I [am] afflicted and ready to die from [my] youth up: [while] I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. ... Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

thou:

Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Jeremiah 17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Jeremiah 16:19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and [things] wherein [there is] no profit.
Psalms 41:1 [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
Psalms 59:16 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Nahum 1:7 The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Ephesians 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jb 31:23. Ps 41:1; 59:16; 77:2; 88:15. Jr 16:19; 17:7, 13. Na 1:7. Ep 6:13.

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