Jeremiah 20:10

Jeremiah 20:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
• New International Version (NIV)I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side! Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, “Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! "Denounce him! Let us denounce him!" say all my close friends, watching for my fall. "Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I heard many mocking: “Fear on every side!” “Report,” they say, “and we will report it!” All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying, “Perhaps he can be induced; Then we will prevail against him, And we will take our revenge on him.”

Context of Jeremiah 20:10

8For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out, “Violence and destruction are coming!” This message from the Lord has made me an object of continual insults and derision. 9Sometimes I think, “I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more.” But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it. I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying, “Come on, let’s publicly denounce him!” All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say, “Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him. 11But the Lord is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior. Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me. They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten. 12O Lord who rules over all, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people’s hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause.

Jeremiah 20:10 word by word

כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֜עְתִּי דִּבַּ֣ת רַבִּים֮ מָג֣וֹר מִסָּבִיב֒ הַגִּ֙ידוּ֙ וְנַגִּידֶ֔נּוּ כֹּ֚ל אֱנ֣וֹשׁ שְׁלוֹמִ֔י שֹׁמְרֵ֖י צַלְעִ֑י אוּלַ֤י יְפֻתֶּה֙ וְנ֣וּכְלָה ל֔וֹ וְנִקְחָ֥ה נִקְמָתֵ֖נוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For I heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the defamingדִּבָּהdibbâh · slanderH1681
• of manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• fearמָגוֹרmâgôr mâgûr · terrorH4032
• on every sideסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · around: sideH5439
• Reportנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• it. All my familiarsשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: friendshipH7965
• it. All my familiarsאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• watchedשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• for my haltingצֶ֫לַעtsela‛ · stumblingH6761
• for my haltingצֵלָעtsêlâ‛ tsal‛âh · sideH6763
• Peradventure he will be enticedפָּתָהpâthâh · to enticeH6601
• and we shall prevailיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• against him, and we shall takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• our revengeנְקָמָהneqâmâh · vengeanceH5360

Cross-references for Jeremiah 20:10

• Psalms 31:13For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life.
• Psalms 57:4I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
• Psalms 64:2Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers.
• Matthew 26:59The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death.
• Jeremiah 20:3But the next day Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks. When he did, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not ‘Pashhur’ but ‘Terror is Everywhere.’
• Jeremiah 18:18Then some people said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”
• Nehemiah 6:6Written in it were the following words: “Among the nations it is rumored (and Geshem has substantiated this) that you and the Jews have intentions of revolting, and for this reason you are building the wall. Furthermore, according to these rumors you are going to become their king.
• Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.
• Isaiah 29:21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.
• Ezekiel 22:9Slanderous men shed blood within you. Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; they commit obscene acts among you.
• Luke 20:20Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
• Acts 6:11Then they secretly instigated some men to say, “We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
• Acts 24:1After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought formal charges against Paul to the governor.
• Job 19:19All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me.
• Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.
• Psalms 55:13But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 20:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Report - and we will report it - Let us spread calumnies against him every where; or let us spread reports of dangers coming upon him, that we may intimidate him, and cause him to desist.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-18Verses 7-18 In the rest of the chapter we have an outbreak of deep emotion, of which the first part ends in a cry of hope Jeremiah 20:13, followed nevertheless by curses upon the day of his birth. Was this the result of feelings wounded by the indignities of a public scourging and a night spent in the stocks? Or was it not the mental agony of knowing that his ministry had (as it seemed) failed? He stands indeed before the multitudes with unbending…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 The prophet complains of the insult and injury he experienced. But Jr 20:7 may be read, Thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded. Thou wast stronger than I; and didst overpower me by the influence of thy Spirit upon me. So long as we see ourselves in the way of God, and of duty, it is weakness and folly, when we meet with difficulties and discouragements, to wish we had never set out in it. The prophet found the grace of God mighty in him…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The people mockingly called Jeremiah by the name he had given to Pashhur, Terror is on every side (Jeremiah 20:3). Even Jeremiah’s old friends tried to twist his words and trap him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. For--not referring to the words immediately preceding, but to "I will not make mention of Him." The "defaming" or detraction of the enemy on every side (see Psa 31:13) tempted him to think of prophesying no more. Report ... we will report--The words of his adversaries one to the other; give any information against him (true or false) which will give color for accusing him; and "we will report it," namely, to the Sanhedrim, in order to crush him…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 20:10

• Jeremiah
• Malice
• Speaking

In the dictionaries

• Derision
• Familiar
• Defame; Defaming
• Jeremiah (2)
• Magor-Missabib
• Revenge; Revenger
• Uriah; Uruah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings