Jeremiah 5:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

Young's Literal Translation
And I—I said, ‘Surely these [are] poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.

King James Bible
Therefore I said, Surely these [are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, [nor] the judgment of their God.

Hebrew
Then I
וַאֲנִ֣י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

said,
אָמַ֔רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“They
הֵ֑ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

are only
אַךְ־ (’aḵ-)
Adverb
Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely

the poor;
דַּלִּ֖ים (dal·lîm)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1800: Dangling, weak, thin

they have played the fool,
נוֹאֲל֕וּ (nō·w·’ă·lū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2973: To be slack, to be foolish

for
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

they do not
לֹ֤א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

know
יָדְעוּ֙ (yā·ḏə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3045: To know

the way
דֶּ֣רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

the justice
מִשְׁפַּ֖ט (miš·paṭ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

of their God.
אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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