KJV King James Version
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Jeremiah 5:1
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
WEB World English Bible
“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
ASV American Standard Version
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness—Then am I propitious to her.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 5
1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
3 O LORD, [are] not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, [but] they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
4 Therefore I said, Surely these [are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, [nor] the judgment of their God.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
שׁוֹטְט֞וּH7751 · shutto roveבְּחוּצ֣וֹתH2351 · chutsoutsideיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemוּרְאוּ־H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeנָ֤אH4994 · napleaseוּדְעוּ֙H3045 · ya.dato knowוּבַקְשׁ֣וּH1245 · ba.qashto seekבִרְחוֹבוֹתֶ֔יהָH7339 · re.chovstreet/plazaאִם־H518 · imifתִּמְצְא֣וּH4672 · ma.tsato findאִ֔ישׁH376 · ishmanאִם־H518 · imifיֵ֛שׁH3426 · yeshthereעֹשֶׂ֥הH6213 · a.sahto make: doמִשְׁפָּ֖טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementמְבַקֵּ֣שׁH1245 · ba.qashto seekאֱמוּנָ֑הH530 · e.mu.nahfaithfulnessוְאֶסְלַ֖חH5545 · sa.lachto forgiveלָֽהּ׃H9034 · haher
Cross-references
Genesis 18:23-32And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of [them] whose heart [is] perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.Ezekiel 22:30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.Isaiah 59:4None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.Psalm 53:2-4God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were [any] that did understand, that did seek God.Isaiah 59:14-15And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.Psalm 14:3They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.Micah 7:1-2Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: [there is] no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.Proverbs 20:6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?Psalm 12:1To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.Joel 2:9They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.2 Thessalonians 2:10And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.Daniel 12:4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.Proverbs 2:4-6If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;Luke 14:21So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.Zechariah 2:4And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited [as] towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:Song of Solomon 3:2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.Proverbs 23:23Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
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