Jeremiah 16 · Verse 17

Jeremiah 16:17

For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.
Jeremiah 16:17, King James Version

Jeremiah 16:17 in other translations

BSBFor My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
WEBFor my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from my face. Their iniquity isn’t concealed from my eyes.
ASVFor mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.
YLTFor Mine eyes are upon all their ways, They have not been hidden from My face, Nor hath their iniquity been concealed from before Mine eyes.
DARBYFor mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not concealed from my face, neither is their iniquity hidden from before mine eyes.
BBEFor my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.
WebsterFor my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from my eyes.

What does Jeremiah 16:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. (Jr 32:19; Pr 5:21; 15:3). their iniquity--the cause of God's judgments on them.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 16:14-21

The restoration from the Babylonish captivity would be remembered in place of the deliverance from Egypt; it also typified spiritual redemption, and the future deliverance of the church from antichristian oppression. But none of the sins of sinners can be hidden from God, or shall be overlooked by him. He will find out and raise up instruments of his wrath, that shall destroy the Jews, by fraud like fishers, by…

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Jeremiah 16:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
עֵינַי֙'ei.Naieyes myH5869
עַל\־'al-[are] onH5921
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
דַּרְכֵיהֶ֔םdar.khei.Hemways theirH1870
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
נִסְתְּר֖וּnis.te.Ruthey have been hiddenH5641
מִלְּפָנָ֑יmi.le.fa.Naifrom to before meH6440
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
נִצְפַּ֥ןnitz.Panit has been concealedH6845
עֲוֹנָ֖ם'a.vo.Naminiquity theirH5771
מִנֶּ֥גֶדmi.Ne.gedfrom beforeH5048
עֵינָֽי\׃'ei.Naieyes myH5869

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 16:17

  • Proverbs 15:3

    The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

  • Proverbs 5:21

    For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

  • Jeremiah 23:24

    Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

  • Psalms 90:8

    Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

  • Job 34:21-22

    For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • 1 Corinthians 4:5

    Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

  • Jeremiah 32:19

    Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

  • Hebrews 4:13

    Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:9

    For 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.

  • Psalms 139:3

    Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

  • Ezekiel 9:9

    Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The Lord hath forsaken the earth, and the Lord seeth not.

  • Isaiah 29:15

    Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
23:24; 32:19; 2Ch 16:9; Job 34:21,22; Ps 90:8; 139:3; Pr 5:21
Pr 15:3; Isa 29:15; Eze 8:12; 9:9; Lu 12:1,2; 1Co 4:5; Heb 4:13

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Context

  • Jeremiah 16:16

    Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

  • Jeremiah 16:17

    For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

  • Jeremiah 16:18

    And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.

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Jeremiah 16:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque mis ojos están sobre todos sus caminos, los cuales no se me ocultaron, ni su maldad se esconde de la presencia de mis ojos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car mes yeux sont sur toutes leurs voies; elles ne sont pas cachées de devant ma face, ni leur iniquité mise à couvert de devant mes yeux.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn meine Augen sind auf alle ihre Wege gerichtet; sie sind vor mir nicht verborgen, und ihre Ungerechtigkeit ist nicht verhüllt vor meinen Augen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quia oculi mei super omnes vias eorum: non sunt absconditæ a facie mea, et non fuit occultata iniquitas eorum ab oculis meis.