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Jeremiah 9:1
New English Translation
Jeremiah 9:1
New English Translation
9 (8:23)[a] I wish that my head were a well full of water[b]
and my eyes were a fountain full of tears!
If they were, I could cry day and night
for those of my dear people[c] who have been killed.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:1 sn Beginning with 9:1, the verse numbers through 9:26 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 9:1 ET = 8:23 HT, 9:2 ET = 9:1 HT, 9:3 ET = 9:2 HT, etc., through 9:26 ET = 9:25 HT. Beginning with 10:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
- Jeremiah 9:1 tn Heb “I wish that my head were water.”
- Jeremiah 9:1 tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the note on the phrase “dear people” there.
Jeremiah 9:1
GOD’S WORD Translation
Jeremiah 9:1
GOD’S WORD Translation
9 [a]“I wish that my head were ⌞filled with⌟ water
and my eyes were a fountain of tears
so that I could cry day and night
for my dear people who have been killed.
Footnotes
- 9:1 Jeremiah 9:1–26 in English Bibles is Jeremiah 8:23–9:25 in the Hebrew Bible.
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