Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Jeremiah 23:28

NETBible	Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain!¹ I, the Lord, affirm it!²
NIV © biblegateway Jer 23:28	Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has my word speak it faithfully. For what has straw to do with grain?" declares the LORD.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 23:28	"The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?" declares the LORD.
NLT © biblegateway Jer 23:28	Let these false prophets tell their dreams, but let my true messengers faithfully proclaim my every word. There is a difference between chaff and wheat!
MSG © biblegateway Jer 23:28	"You prophets who do nothing but dream--go ahead and tell your silly dreams. But you prophets who have a message from me--tell it truly and faithfully. What does straw have in common with wheat? Nothing else is like GOD's Decree.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 23:28	If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 23:28	Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let the one who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? says the LORD.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 23:28	"The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?" says the LORD.
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KJV	The prophet <05030> that hath a dream <02472>_, let him tell <05608> (8762) a dream <02472>_; and he that hath my word <01697>_, let him speak <01696> (8762) my word <01697> faithfully <0571>_. What [is] the chaff <08401> to the wheat <01250>_? saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_. {that hath a dream: Heb. with whom is, etc}
NASB © biblegateway Jer 23:28	"The prophet <05030> who <0834> has <0854> a dream <02472> may relate <05608> his dream <02472> , but let him who <0834> has <0854> My word <01697> speak <01696> My word <01697> in truth <0571> . What <04100> does straw <08401> have in common with grain <01250> ?" declares <05002> the LORD <03068> .
LXXM	o <3588> T-NSM profhthv <4396> N-NSM en <1722> PREP w <3739> R-DSM to <3588> T-NSN enupnion <1798> N-NSN estin <1510> V-PAI-3S dihghsasyw <1334> V-AMD-3S to <3588> T-ASN enupnion <1798> N-ASN autou <846> D-GSM kai <2532> CONJ en <1722> PREP w <3739> R-DSM o <3588> T-NSM logov <3056> N-NSM mou <1473> P-GS prov <4314> PREP auton <846> D-ASM dihghsasyw <1334> V-AMD-3S ton <3588> T-ASM logon <3056> N-ASM mou <1473> P-GS ep <1909> PREP alhyeiav <225> N-GSF ti <5100> I-ASN to <3588> T-ASN acuron <892> N-ASN prov <4314> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM siton <4621> N-ASM outwv <3778> ADV oi <3588> T-NPM logoi <3056> N-NPM mou <1473> P-GS legei <3004> V-PAI-3S kuriov <2962> N-NSM
NET [draft] ITL	Let the prophet <05030> who <0834> has had <0854> a dream <02472> go ahead and tell <05608> his dream <02472> . Let the person who <0834> has received <0854> my message <01697> report <01696> that message <01697> faithfully <0571> . What <04100> is like straw <08401> cannot compare to <0854> what is like grain <01250> ! I, the Lord <03068> , affirm <05002> it!
HEBREW	hwhy <03068> Man <05002> rbh <01250> ta <0854> Nbtl <08401> hm <04100> tma <0571> yrbd <01697> rbdy <01696> wta <0854> yrbd <01697> rsaw <0834> Mwlx <02472> rpoy <05608> Mwlx <02472> wta <0854> rsa <0834> aybnh (23:28) <05030>

NETBible

Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain!¹ I, the Lord, affirm it!²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “What to the straw with [in comparison with] the grain?” This idiom represents an emphatic repudiation or denial of relationship. See, for example, the usage in 2 Sam 16:10 and note BDB 553 s.v. מָה 1.d(c).

²tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”