What Does Jeremiah 17:7 Mean in the King James?
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
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 Hebrew uses one root for “trusteth” and “hope,” naming the LORD as the confidence that grows from trusting.
THE MEANING
You are blessed as your trust rests in the LORD; the verse names the LORD as your confidence itself. What English presents as trust and hope shares one Hebrew root, holding reliance and settled expectation together.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
That you must be strong enough to supply your own security: the verse places confidence in the LORD.
THE ROOT
בָּטַח
batach
GROWS FROM
בטח
Trust, be secure.
“trusteth / hope” in this verse is batach. English gives you two words, but both grow from בטח: yivtaḥ means “trusts,” while mivtaḥo means “his confidence” or “his security.” The verse says more than that you trust the LORD and hope in the LORD; it names the LORD as the very confidence of the one who trusts.
ALSO GROWS
yivtaḥ: He trusts; he is secure.
יִבְטַח
This is the verb rendered “trusteth” in the verse.
mivtaḥ: Confidence, security.
מִבְטָח
This noun underlies “hope”; it shows that the verse’s hope is confidence rooted in the LORD.
גֶּבֶר
gever
GROWS FROM
גבר
Be strong, prevail.
The verse calls this person gever, a man marked by strength or capacity; the same root forms words for the mighty one and for might. Strength stays in view, while the verse locates his confidence in the LORD.
ALSO GROWS
gibbor: Mighty one, warrior.
גִּבּוֹר
This related form makes the strength carried by gever more visible.
gevurah: Might, strength.
גְּבוּרָה
The same root holds strength and capability alongside the verse’s trust in the LORD.
THE PATTERN
The heart’s security takes its shape from the one it rests on.
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.THE THREAD
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.Psalm 40:4 uses the same Hebrew noun, מִבְטָחוֹ (mivtaḥo, “his confidence”), that Jeremiah uses for “hope.” The shared root makes the connection precise: in both verses, the LORD is named as the person’s confidence itself.
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