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Jeremiah 8:21

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— —For the breach of the daughter of my people am I crushed; I go mourning; astonishment hath taken hold of me.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For the grievous injury of the daughter of my people, I am grievously injured,—I am enshrouded in gloom, Horror, hath seized me:—
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath seized me.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— For the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted, and made sorrowful, astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I am sore vexed for the hurt of ye daughter of my people: I am heauie, ? astonishment hath taken me.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt, I am blacke: astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am sorrowful, and astonishment has seized me.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— For the breach of the daughter of my people I have been saddened: in my perplexity pangs have seized upon me as of a woman in travail.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
For x5921
(5921) Complement
עַל
`al
{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
the hurt 7667
{7667} Prime
שֶׁבֶר
sheber
{sheh'-ber}
From H7665; a fracture, figuratively ruin; specifically a solution (of a dream).
of the daughter 1323
{1323} Prime
בַּת
bath
{bath}
From H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively).
of my people 5971
{5971} Prime
עַם
`am
{am}
From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.
am I hurt; 7665
{7665} Prime
שָׁבַר
shabar
{shaw-bar'}
A primitive root; to burst (literally or figuratively).
z8717
<8717> Grammar
Stem - Hophal (See H8825)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 123
I am black; 6937
{6937} Prime
קָדַר
qadar
{kaw-dar'}
A primitive root; to be ashy, that is, dark colored; by implication to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
astonishment 8047
{8047} Prime
שַׁמָּה
shammah
{sham-maw'}
From H8074; ruin; by implication consternation.
hath taken hold 2388
{2388} Prime
חָזַק
chazaq
{khaw-zak'}
A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence to seize, be strong (figuratively courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.
z8689
<8689> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2675
on me.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Jeremiah 8:21

_ _ black — sad in visage with grief (Joel 2:6).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Jeremiah 8:13-22.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 8:21

Am I hurt — The prophet here shews how deeply he is affected with the peoples misery. Black — I am as those that are clad in deep mourning.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Jeremiah 8:21

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I (q) hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

(q) The prophet speaks this.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
the hurt:

Jeremiah 4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah 9:1 Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
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.
Jeremiah 17:16 As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.
Nehemiah 2:3 And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Psalms 137:3-6 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us [required of us] mirth, [saying], Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion. ... If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Luke 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Romans 9:1-3 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, ... For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

I am:

Song of Songs 1:5-6 I [am] black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. ... Look not upon me, because I [am] black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; [but] mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Joel 2:6 Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness.
Nahum 2:10 She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain [is] in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ne 2:3. Ps 137:3. So 1:5. Jr 4:19; 9:1; 14:17; 17:16. Jol 2:6. Na 2:10. Lk 19:41. Ro 9:1.

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