Jeremiah 12:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

Young's Literal Translation
For—with footmen thou hast run, And they weary thee, And how dost thou fret thyself with horses! Even in the land of peace, [In which] thou art confident—And how dost thou in the rising of Jordan!

King James Bible
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and [if] in the land of peace, [wherein] thou trustedst, [they wearied thee], then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

Hebrew
“If
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you have raced
רַ֙צְתָּה֙ (raṣ·tāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7323: To run

with
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

men on foot
רַגְלִ֥ים ׀ (raḡ·lîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7273: A footman

and they have worn you out,
וַיַּלְא֔וּךָ (way·yal·’ū·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3811: To tire, to be, disgusted

how
וְאֵ֥יךְ (wə·’êḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

can you compete
תְּתַֽחֲרֶ֖ה (tə·ṯa·ḥă·reh)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8474: To vie with a, rival

with
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Preposition
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

horses?
הַסּוּסִ֑ים (has·sū·sîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

If you
אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

stumble
בוֹטֵ֔חַ (ḇō·w·ṭê·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure

in a peaceful
שָׁלוֹם֙ (šā·lō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace

land,
וּבְאֶ֤רֶץ (ū·ḇə·’e·reṣ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

how
וְאֵ֥יךְ (wə·’êḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 349: How?, how!, where

will you do
תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה (ta·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

in the thickets
בִּגְא֥וֹן (biḡ·’ō·wn)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1347: Arrogance, majesty, ornament

of the Jordan?
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ (hay·yar·dên)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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