What Does Jeremiah 13:5 Mean in the King James?

So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

Jeremiah 13:5 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The hidden garment does not disappear; its concealment is already part of the revelation.

THE MEANING

This verse holds concealment and presence together: what is put out of sight remains part of what is unfolding. Its meaning does not depend on being visible now; a later uncovering can reveal what the hidden interval has held.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The lie that what cannot be seen has ceased to matter dissolves here; hiddenness can make something consequential, not irrelevant.

THE ROOT

וָאֶטְמְנֵהוּ

va’etmenehu

GROWS FROM

טמן

To hide, bury, or conceal.

English “hid” can sound like mere removal from sight, but ⁨טמן⁩ names deliberate concealment or burial: the linen is placed where it cannot be seen, not erased. What is out of sight remains available for a later uncovering.

ALSO GROWS

ṭāmûn: Hidden, concealed.

טָמוּן

This form makes clear that hiddenness describes a condition, not disappearance; the garment remains present while unseen.

maṭmōnîm: Hidden treasures.

מַטְמֹנִים

The same root can describe what is buried as treasure, opening the possibility that something concealed carries meaning awaiting discovery.

THE PATTERN

Concealment is a live interval: what is hidden remains consequential until its meaning comes into view.

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Jeremiah 13:7 · KJVThe hidden garment is brought back into view, and its changed condition gives the concealment its force.

For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.

Mark 4:22 · KJVWhat is concealed remains within the movement toward disclosure.

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Proverbs 2:4 · KJVHiddenness can hold value that becomes visible through searching.

THE THREAD

If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

Proverbs 2:4 · KJV

Jeremiah’s “hid” comes from ⁨טמן⁩ (ṭāman), meaning “to hide” or “bury”; Proverbs’ “hid treasures” uses ⁨מַטְמֹנִים⁩ (maṭmōnîm), “hidden treasures,” from that same root. The concealed garment and buried treasure share a word-root: what is hidden can remain present, carrying meaning until it is uncovered.

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