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Whoמִיwill notלֹאfear you,יִרָאֲךָKingמֶלֶךְof the nations?הַגּוֹיִםForכִּיto youלְךָit is fitting;יָאָתָהforכִּיamong allבְכָלthe wiseחַכְמֵיof the nationsהַגּוֹיִםand in allוּבְכָלtheir kingdomsמַלְכוּתָםthere is noneמֵאֵיןlike you.כָּמוֹךָ
Jeremiah 10:7
Study it in the app“Who will not fear you, King of the nations? For to you it is fitting; for among all the wise of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Jeremiah 10:7, word by word
- fear youיִרָאֲyiraa
revere
To revere God, or honor one's parents.
Where else “yiraa” appears- Kingמֶלֶךְmelech
supreme king
YHWH, king of Israel and the earth.
Where else “melech” appears- of the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- it is fittingיָאָתָהyaata
befit
To befit, to be due to someone, to suit him.
Where else “yaata” appears- the wiseחַכְמֵיchachme
wise
Someone who knows how to live well, revering YHWH.
Where else “chachme” appears- their kingdomsמַלְכוּתָmalchuta
kingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchuta” appears
Translation note
Revelation 15:3-4 echoes this verse: “King of the nations… Who will not fear you?”
The context
6There is none like you, YHWH; great are you, and great is your name in might.
7 · This verse (above)
8And alike they become dull and foolish; the correction of vapors is wood.