What Does Jeremiah 46:1 Mean in the King James?
The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles;
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 word translated “word” can also mean a matter or event, so what comes to Jeremiah is speech already moving toward its consequence.
THE MEANING
The verse presents the LORD’s word as something that reaches Jeremiah with a direction: it is aimed at the nations. You encounter speech here as more than information; it arrives with a destination and consequence.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that a word from God is only information to consider: here, the word comes directed toward its object.
THE ROOT
דָּבָר
davar
GROWS FROM
ד־ב־ר
d-b-r
To speak or utter; the related noun can mean a word, matter, or thing.
The Hebrew davar holds speech and matter together: a word can name not only what is said but the matter at hand. In this verse, the word comes with a direction, making its arrival part of what the verse reveals.
ALSO GROWS
dibber: He spoke.
דִּבֵּר
The verb shares the root with davar, showing the spoken act inside the word that comes to Jeremiah.
medabber: Speaking; one who speaks.
מְדַבֵּר
This form keeps the root tied to an active speaker, so the word is heard as speech with a source and direction.
THE PATTERN
A word from God arrives as an active, directed reality rather than detached information.
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.THE THREAD
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.Isaiah uses the same Hebrew root, ד־ב־ר (d-b-r), for “word” and shows what this verse’s arriving word carries: it moves toward its destination and accomplishes its work. The word directed against the nations is not merely information about them; it arrives with consequence.
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