Jeremiah 24 · Verse 3

Jeremiah 24:3

Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
Jeremiah 24:3, King James Version

Jeremiah 24:3 in other translations

BSB“Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”
WEBThen the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs. The good figs are very good, and the bad are very bad, so bad that they can’t be eaten.”
ASVThen said Jehovah unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto me, ‘What art thou seeing, Jeremiah?' and I say, ‘Figs, the good figs are very good, and the bad are very bad, that are not eaten for badness.'
DARBYAnd Jehovah said unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs: the good figs very good; and the bad very bad, which cannot be eaten for badness.
BBEThen the Lord said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs are very good, and the bad very bad, and of no use for food, they are so bad.
WebsterThen said the LORD to me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? and I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.

Jeremiah 24:3 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.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֵלַ֗י'e.Laito meH413
מָֽה\־mah-what?H4100
אַתָּ֤ה'a.Tah[are] youH859
רֹאֶה֙ro.'EhseeingH7200
יִרְמְיָ֔הוּyir.me.Ya.huO JeremiahH3414
וָאֹמַ֖רva.'o.Marand I saidH559
תְּאֵנִ֑יםte.'e.NimfigsH8384
הַתְּאֵנִ֤יםha.te.'e.Nimthe figsH8384
הַטֹּבוֹת֙ha.tOt<the> goodH2896
טֹב֣וֹתto.Vot[are] goodH2896
מְאֹ֔דme.'OdveryH3966
וְהָֽרָעוֹת֙ve.ha.ra.'Otand the bad [figs]H7451
רָע֣וֹתra.'ot[are] badH7451
מְאֹ֔דme.'OdveryH3966
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תֵאָכַ֖לְנָהte.'a.Khal.nahthey will be eatenH398
מֵרֹֽעַ\׃\ \פme.Ro.a'from badnessH7455

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Cross references for Jeremiah 24:3

  • Amos 8:2

    And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.

  • Zechariah 5:5-11

    Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. …

  • Zechariah 4:2

    And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:

  • Matthew 25:32-33

    And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

  • Jeremiah 1:11-14

    Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. Then said the Lord unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. Then the Lord said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

  • Amos 7:8

    And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:

  • 1 Samuel 9:9

    (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)

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What.
1:11-14; 1Sa 9:9; Am 7:8; 8:2; Zec 4:2; 5:2,5-11; Mt 25:32,33

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Context

  • Jeremiah 24:2

    One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

  • Jeremiah 24:3

    Then said the Lord unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

  • Jeremiah 24:4

    Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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Jeremiah 24:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y díjome Jehová: ¿Qué ves tú, Jeremías? Y dije: Higos, higos buenos, muy buenos; y malos, muy malos, que de malos no se pueden comer.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel me dit: Que vois-tu, Jérémie? Et je dis: Des figues; les bonnes figues, très bonnes, et les mauvaises, très mauvaises, qui ne peuvent être mangées, tant elles sont mauvaises.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova sprach zu mir: Was siehst du, Jeremia? Und ich sprach: Feigen; die guten Feigen sind sehr gut, und die schlechten sehr schlecht, so daß sie vor Schlechtigkeit nicht gegessen werden können.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixit Dominus ad me: Quid tu vides, Jeremia? Et dixi: Ficus, ficus bonas, bonas valde: et malas, malas valde, quæ comedi non possunt eo quod sint malæ.