King James Version
Jeremiah 23:24 in the King James Version says “Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith th...” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Jeremiah 23:24 · KJV
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
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.
I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“Can any”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“that I shall not see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
“the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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