What Does Jeremiah 25:19 Mean in the King James?
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
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
Egypt is named as a whole constricting order, from Pharaoh’s throne to all its people.
THE MEANING
This line makes the whole order visible at once: its ruler, those who serve him, its chiefs, and all the people. The narrowing named by Egypt reaches across every rank, leaving no layer outside the account.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The false belief that Pharaoh alone is the whole story falls away: his servants, princes, and all his people belong in the same line.
THE ROOT
מִצְרַיִם
Mitzrayim
GROWS FROM
צ־ר־ר
tsarar
To bind, press in, or make narrow.
“Egypt” in this verse is Mitzrayim. Mitzrayim echoes tzar, narrowness, and its ending -ayim carries the sense of two narrows. Here the name reaches from Pharaoh through his court to the whole people, showing constriction across every level.
ALSO GROWS
tsar: Narrow, tight; a strait.
צַר
This branch gives Egypt the image of a narrowed space, while the verse shows that the narrowing encompasses the entire order.
tsarah: Distress, trouble.
צָרָה
The same narrowness becomes lived distress, making Egypt a picture of constriction that extends beyond one person or rank.
עֲבָדָיו
ʿăvādāw
GROWS FROM
ע־ב־ד
ʿavad
To serve or work.
The servants are named through the root avad, to serve or work, placing service inside Pharaoh’s order. The list counts those who staff the court alongside its ruler and the whole people.
ALSO GROWS
ʿeved: Servant.
עֶבֶד
This is the noun behind “servants”; their service is part of the structure the verse names.
avodah: Service, work.
עֲבֹדָה
This branch makes the labor within an order visible alongside the authority that directs it.
THE PATTERN
A whole order becomes visible when the text names its ruler, its ranks, and its people together.
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;THE THREAD
The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:This verse names Pharaoh and Egypt alongside their gods, kings, and everyone who trusts in Pharaoh. The shared name Mitzrayim extends the present list outward: the order includes its people and ranks as well as the powers they trust.
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