Jeremiah 10:5

“Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field they are, and they do not speak; they must be carried, for they do not walk. Do not fear them, for they do not do harm, and also to do good is not in them.””

Jeremiah 10:5 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

With the Hebrew beneath

5

Jeremiah 10:5, word by word

Like a scarecrowתֹמֶרtomer

scarecrow

A post set in a garden to frighten birds.

Where else “tomer” appears
in a cucumber fieldמִקְשָׁהmiksha

cucumber field

A melon patch or garden of cucumbers and melons.

Where else “miksha” appears
speakיְדַבֵּרוּyedaberu

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “yedaberu” appears
they must be carriedנָשׂוֹאnaso

carry

To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.

Where else “naso” appears
walkיִצְעָדוּyitsadu

march; climb

Step along, march. Also climb.

Where else “yitsadu” appears
fearתִּירְאוּtiru

fear

To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.

Where else “tiru” appears
do harmיָרֵעוּyareu

do evil

To harm someone; evildoers.

Where else “yareu” appears
to do goodהֵיטֵיבhetev

go well

For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".

Where else “hetev” appears

Translation note

10:1-16 resembles Isaiah 40:18-20; 44:9-20; 46:5-7.

The context

4With silver and with gold they adorn it; with nails and with hammers they fasten them, and it will not totter.

5 · This verse (above)

6There is none like you, YHWH; great are you, and great is your name in might.

Read all of Jeremiah 10

How to use it