Jeremiah 46:11New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Go up to Gilead and obtain balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain have you multiplied remedies; There is no healing for you.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; [for] thou shalt not be cured.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no healing for thee.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou use many medicines; there is no healing for thee.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; [for] thou shalt not be cured.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Go up to Gilead, and fetch balm, O virgin-daughter of Egypt! In vain shalt thou multiply remedies: there is no healing for thee.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Go up to Gilead, and fetch balsam, O virgin, daughter of Egypt! In vain, hast thou multiplied remedies, Healing, there is none, for thee.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Go up to Gilead, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt, In vain thou hast multiplied medicines, Healing there is none for thee.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Go up into Galaad, and take balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt: in vain dost thou multiply medicines, there shall be no cure for thee.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Goe vp vnto Gilead, and take balme, O virgine, the daughter of Egypt: in vaine shalt thou vse many medicines: for thou shalt haue no health.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Goe vp into Gilead, and take balme, O virgine, the daughter of Egypt: in vaine shalt thou vse many medicines: [for] thou shalt not be cured.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Go up to Gilead and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt! In vain you shall use many medicines; for you shall not be healed.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Go up to Gilead{gr.Galaad}, and take balm for the virgin daughter of Mizraim{gr.Egypt}: in vain hast thou multiplied thy medicines; there is no help in thee.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Go up into Gilad, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Mitzrayim: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; [for] thou shalt not be cured. |
Go up
5927 {5927} Primeעָלָה`alah{aw-law'}
A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively ( be high) or active ( mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literally and figuratively.
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
into
Gil`äđ
גִּלעָד,
1568 {1568} PrimeגִּלְעָדGil`ad{ghil-awd'}
Probably from H1567; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites.
and take
3947 {3947} Primeלָקַחlaqach{law-kakh'}
A primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications).
z8798 <8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperative (See H8810) Count - 2847
balm,
6875 {6875} Primeצְרִיts@riy{tser-ee'}
From an unused root meaning to crack (as by pressure), hence to leak; distillation, that is, balsam.
O virgin,
1330 {1330} Primeבְּתוּלָהb@thuwlah{beth-oo-law'}
Feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to separate; a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state.
the daughter
1323 {1323} Primeבַּתbath{bath}
From H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively).
of
Mixrayim
מִצרַיִם:
4714 {4714} PrimeמִצְרַיִםMitsrayim{mits-rah'-yim}
Dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, that is, Upper and Lower Egypt.
in vain
7723 {7723} Primeשָׁוְאshav'{shawv}
From the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally ( ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjectively), uselessness (as deceptive, objectively; also adverbially in vain).
shalt thou use many
7235 {7235} Primeרָבָהrabah{raw-baw'}
A primitive root; to increase (in whatever respect).
z8689 <8689> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 2675
medicines;
7499 {7499} Primeרְפוּאָהr@phu'ah{ref-oo-aw'}
Feminine passive participle of H7495; a medicament.
[ for] thou shalt not
x369 (0369) Complementאַיִן'ayin{ah'-yin}
As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.
be cured.
8585 {8585} Primeתְּעָלָהt@`alah{teh-aw-law'}
From H5927; a channel (into which water is raised for irrigation); also a bandage or plaster (as placed upon a wound). |
Jeremiah 46:11
_ _ Gilead ... balm — (See on Jeremiah 8:22); namely, for curing the wounds; but no medicine will avail, so desperate shall be the slaughter.
_ _ virgin — Egypt is so called on account of her effeminate luxury, and as having never yet been brought under foreign yoke.
_ _ thou shalt not be cured — literally, “there shall be no cure for thee” (Jeremiah 30:13; Ezekiel 30:21). Not that the kingdom of Egypt should cease to exist, but it should not recover its former strength; the blow should be irretrievable. |
Jeremiah 46:11
Go up into Gilead, (k) and take balm, O virgin, the (l) daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many (m) medicines; [for] thou shalt not be cured.
(k) For at Gilead there grew a most sovereign balm for wounds.
(l) So called, because Egypt had not yet been overcome by the enemy.
(m) He sows that no salve or medicine can prevail where God gives the wound. |
- Gilead:
Jeremiah 8:22 [Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Jeremiah 51:8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Genesis 37:25 And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry [it] down to Egypt.
Genesis 43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If [it must be] so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Ezekiel 27:17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they [were] thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
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- O virgin:
Jeremiah 14:17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.
Isaiah 47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: [there is] no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
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- in vain:
Jeremiah 30:12-15 For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise [is] incurable, [and] thy wound [is] grievous. ... Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow [is] incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: [because] thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Ezekiel 30:21-25 Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. ... But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.
Micah 1:9 For her wound [is] incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, [even] to Jerusalem.
Nahum 3:19 [There is] no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?
Matthew 5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Luke 8:43-44 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, ... Came behind [him], and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
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- thou shalt not be cured:
- Heb. no cure shall be unto thee
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