Jeremiah 9:24

“but in this let the one who boasts boast: in having understanding and knowing me, that I am YHWH, who practices loyal love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, declares YHWH.”
Jeremiah 9:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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God says what is worth boasting in: knowing him, who does steadfast love and justiceHoliness

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butכִּי אִםin thisבְּזֹאתlet the one who boastsהַמִּתְהַלֵּלboast:יִתְהַלֵּלin having understandingהַשְׂכֵּלand knowing me,וְיָדֹעַ אוֹתִיthatכִּיI amאֲנִיYHWH,יְהוָהwho practicesעֹשֶׂהloyal love,חֶסֶדjustice,מִשְׁפָּטand righteousnessוּצְדָקָהin the earth;בָּאָרֶץforכִּיin these thingsבְאֵלֶּהI delight,חָפַצְתִּיdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH.יְהוָה

Quotation · 1 Corinthians 1:31

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Paul sums up Jeremiah 9:24 (“in this let the one who boasts boast: in having understanding and knowing me”).

Formula: καθὼς γέγραπται “as it is written” (1 Corinthians 1:31)

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Greek of the New Testament: ἵνα καθὼς γέγραπται Ὁ καυχώμενος ἐν κυρίῳ καυχάσθω

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי אִם בְּזֹאת יִתְהַלֵּל הַמִּתְהַלֵּל הַשְׂכֵּל וְיָדֹעַ אוֹתִי כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה עֹשֶׂה חֶסֶד מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה בָּאָרֶץ כִּי בְאֵלֶּה חָפַצְתִּי נְאֻם יְהוָה

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Quotation · 2 Corinthians 10:17

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Paul repeats without a formula the summary of Jeremiah 9:24 that he already quoted in 1 Corinthians 1:31.

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Greek of the New Testament: Ὁ δὲ καυχώμενος ἐν κυρίῳ καυχάσθω

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Jeremiah 9:24, word by word

let the one who boastsמִּתְהַלֵּלmithalel

boast

To speak proudly of oneself or what one has, to make oneself important.

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in having understandingהַשְׂכֵּלhaskel

act wisely

To grasp what matters and act wisely.

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and knowing meיָדֹעַyadoa

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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who practicesעֹשֶׂהose

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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loyal loveחֶסֶדchesed

loyal love

God's steadfast kindness, true to his covenant, never forsaking.

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justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpat

justice

What is right and fair.

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and righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedaka

righteous deeds

Doing what is just, upright deeds.

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in the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

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I delightחָפַצְתִּיchafatsti

delight in

To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.

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declaresנְאֻםneum

declaration

Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".

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Translation note

Paul sums up this verse: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 1:31; 2 Corinthians 10:17).

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Quotation · 1 Corinthians 1:31

Paul sums up Jeremiah 9:24 (“in this let the one who boasts boast: in having understanding and knowing me”).

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Jeremiah 9:24

²⁴but in this let the one who boasts boast: in having understanding and knowing me, that I am YHWH, who practices loyal love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, declares YHWH.

1 Corinthians 1:31

³¹so that, as it is written, The one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.

Quotation · 2 Corinthians 10:17

Paul repeats without a formula the summary of Jeremiah 9:24 that he already quoted in 1 Corinthians 1:31.

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Jeremiah 9:24

2 Corinthians 10:17

¹⁷But “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”

The context

23Thus says YHWH: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast in his might; let not the rich man boast in his riches;

24 · This verse (above)

25Look, days are coming, declares YHWH, when I will punish all who are circumcised in the foreskin:

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