Strong's KJV Jeremiah 8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

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From Original Authorized King James Version phpBible_av

Jeremiah 8:8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

From Original Young's Literal Translation Version YLT

Jeremiah 8:8 How do ye say, We `are' wise, And the law of Jehovah `is' with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

From Original World English Bible Translation Version WEB

Jeremiah 8:8 How do you say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.

Strong's Hebrew~English LIT Bible:
Jeremiah 8:8
"to say/speak/utter" Answer, appoint, avouch.. אָמַר~'amar~/aw-mar'/	Cunning (man), subtil, .. חָכָם~chakam~/khaw-kawm'/
Law תּוֹרָה~towrah~/to-raw'/	"The Holy Creator of t... Jehovah, the Lord יְהֹוָה~Yhovah~/yeh-ho-vaw'/
But, certainly, neverth.. אָכֵן~'aken~/aw-kane'/	Without a cause, deceit.. שֶׁקֶר~sheqer~/sheh'-ker/
to do, accomplish, make Accomplish, advance, ap.. עָשָׂה~`asah~/aw-saw'/	Pen עֵט~`et~/ate/
to count/relate/declare Commune, (ac-)count; de.. סָפַר~caphar~/saw-far'/	Without a cause, deceit.. שֶׁקֶר~sheqer~/sheh'-ker/

Jeremiah 8:8 From Original Hebrew Authorized King James Version

[559]	[2450]	[8451]	[3068]	[403]	[8267]	[6213]	[5842]	[5608]	[8267]
['amar]	[chakam]	[towrah]	[Yhovah]	['aken]	[sheqer]	[`asah]	[`et]	[caphar]	[sheqer]
אָמַר אָמַר	חָכָם חָכָם	תּוֹרָה תּוֹרָה	יְהֹוָה יְהֹוָה	אָכֵן אָכֵן	שֶׁקֶר שֶׁקֶר	עָשָׂה עָשָׂה	עֵט עֵט	סָפַר סָפַר	שֶׁקֶר שֶׁקֶר
"to say/speak/utter"	cunning (man), su...	law	"The Holy Creator...	but, certainly, n...	without a cause, ...	to do, accomplish...	pen	to count/relate/d...	without a cause, ...
רַמָא	םָכָח	הָרֹוּת	הָוֹהְי	ןֵכָא	רֶקֶׁש	הָׂשָע	טֵע	רַפָס	רֶקֶׁש
[rama']	[makahc]	[harwot]	[havohY]	[neka']	[reqehs]	[hasa`]	[te`]	[rahpac]	[reqehs]

Strong's Dictionary Number: [559]

559

1 Original Word: אָמַר
2 Word Origin: a primitive root
3 Transliterated Word: 'amar
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 118
5 Phonetic Spelling: aw-mar'
6 Part of Speech: Verb
7 Strong's Definition: a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
8 Definition:

to say, speak, utter
1. (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend
2. (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called
3. (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly
4. (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

9 English: "to say/speak/utter"
0 Usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet

Strong's Dictionary Number: [2450]

2450

1 Original Word: חָכָם
2 Word Origin: from (02449)
3 Transliterated Word: chakam
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 647b
5 Phonetic Spelling: khaw-kawm'
6 Part of Speech: Adjective
7 Strong's Definition: from [02449;]02449; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful):--cunning (man), subtil, ((un-)), wise((hearted), man).
8 Definition:

wise, wise (man)
1. skilful (in technical work)
2. wise (in administration)
3. shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle
4. learned, shrewd (class of men)
5. prudent
6. wise (ethically and religiously)

9 English:
0 Usage: cunning (man), subtil, (un-)wise (hearted, man)

Strong's Dictionary Number: [8451]

8451

1 Original Word: תּוֹרָה
2 Word Origin: from (03384)
3 Transliterated Word: towrah
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 910d
5 Phonetic Spelling: to-raw'
6 Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
7 Strong's Definition: or torah {to-raw'}; from [03384;]03384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch:--law.
8 Definition:

law, direction, instruction
1. instruction, direction (human or divine)
  1. body of prophetic teaching
  2. instruction in Messianic age
  3. body of priestly direction or instruction
  4. body of legal directives
2. law
  1. law of the burnt offering
  2. of special law, codes of law
3. custom, manner
4. the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law

9 English:
0 Usage: law

Strong's Dictionary Number: [3068]

3068

1 Original Word: יְהֹוָה
2 Word Origin: from (01961)
3 Transliterated Word: Yhovah
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 484a
5 Phonetic Spelling: yeh-ho-vaw'
6 Part of Speech: Proper Name
7 Strong's Definition: from [01961;]01961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord. Compare [03050,]03050, [03069.]03069.
8 Definition: Jehovah = "the existing One"

the proper name of the one true God
1. unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of 0136

9 English: "The Holy Creator of the Universe yeh-ho-vaw'"
0 Usage: Jehovah, the Lord

Strong's Dictionary Number: [403]

403

1 Original Word: אָכֵן
2 Word Origin: from (03559) [compare (03651)]
3 Transliterated Word: 'aken
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 86
5 Phonetic Spelling: aw-kane'
6 Part of Speech: Adverb
7 Strong's Definition: from [03559]03559 (compare [03651);]03651); firmly; figuratively, surely; also (advers.) but:--but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily.
8 Definition:

surely, truly, indeed
1. truly, indeed (strong assertive force)
2. but indeed, but in fact (emphasizing a contrast)

9 English:
0 Usage: but, certainly, nevertheless, surely, truly, verily

Strong's Dictionary Number: [8267]

8267

1 Original Word: שֶׁקֶר
2 Word Origin: from (08266)
3 Transliterated Word: sheqer
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 2461a
5 Phonetic Spelling: sheh'-ker
6 Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
7 Strong's Definition: from [08266;]08266; an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial):--without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
8 Definition:

lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood
1. deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)
2. deceit, fraud, wrong
  1. fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb)
3. falsehood (injurious in testimony)
  1. testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely
4. falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets)
5. lie, falsehood (in general)
  1. false tongue
6. in vain

9 English:
0 Usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully

Strong's Dictionary Number: [6213]

6213

1 Original Word: עָשָׂה
2 Word Origin: a primitive root
3 Transliterated Word: `asah
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 1708,1709
5 Phonetic Spelling: aw-saw'
6 Part of Speech: Verb
7 Strong's Definition: a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows):--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), × indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
8 Definition:

to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1. (Qal)
  1. to do, work, make, produce 1a
2. to do 1a
3. to work 1a
4. to deal (with) 1a
5. to act, act with effect, effect
  1. to make 1a
6. to make 1a
7. to produce 1a
8. to prepare 1a
9. to make (an offering) 1a
10. to attend to, put in order 1a
11. to observe, celebrate 1a
12. to acquire (property) 1a
13. to appoint, ordain, institute 1a
14. to bring about 1a
15. to use 1a
16. to spend, pass
17. (Niphal)
  1. to be done
  2. to be made
  3. to be produced
  4. to be offered
  5. to be observed
  6. to be used
18. (Pual) to be made
(Piel) to press, squeeze

9 English: to do, accomplish, make
0 Usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use

Strong's Dictionary Number: [5842]

5842

1 Original Word: עֵט
2 Word Origin: from (05860) (contracted) in the sense of swooping, i.e. side-long stroke
3 Transliterated Word: `et
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 1600
5 Phonetic Spelling: ate
6 Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
7 Strong's Definition: from [05860]05860 (contracted) in the sense of swooping, i.e. side-long stroke; a stylus or marking stick:--pen.
8 Definition:

stylus
1. iron stylus with diamond tip used to write on stone or metal
2. reed pen used on a roll

9 English:
0 Usage: pen

Strong's Dictionary Number: [5608]

5608

1 Original Word: סָפַר
2 Word Origin: a primitive root
3 Transliterated Word: caphar
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: TWOT - 1540,1540c
5 Phonetic Spelling: saw-far'
6 Part of Speech:
7 Strong's Definition: a primitive root; properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate:--commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
8 Definition: v

to count, recount, relate
1. (Qal)
  1. to count (things)
  2. to number, take account of, reckon
2. (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered
3. (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare
  1. to recount (something), rehearse
  2. to talk
  3. to count exactly or accurately
4. (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related n m
enumerator, muster-officer, secretary, scribe
1. enumerator, muster-officer, secretary
2. learned man, scribe

9 English: to count/relate/declare
0 Usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer

Strong's Dictionary Number: [8267]

8267

lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood
1. deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)
2. deceit, fraud, wrong
  1. fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb)
3. falsehood (injurious in testimony)
  1. testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely
4. falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets)
5. lie, falsehood (in general)
  1. false tongue
6. in vain

9 English:
0 Usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully

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