| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Jer 9:15 | King James | Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. |
| Strong Concordance | Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will feed [0398] them, even this people [05971], with wormwood [03939], and give them water [04325] of gall [07219] to drink [08248]. |
| Hebrew For 3939 | |
| Word | la`anah |
| Pronunciation | lah-an-aw' |
| Definition |
from an unused root supposed to mean to curse; wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed): hemlock, wormwood. |
| Root(s) | |
| Verse Occurrences | 8 |
| Verse | Other Content | Text |
| De 29:18 | C D T R K | Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood [03939]; |
| Pr 5:4 | C D T R K | But her end is bitter as wormwood [03939], sharp as a twoedged sword. |
| Jer 9:15 | C D T R K | Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood [03939], and give them water of gall to drink. |
| Jer 23:15 | C D T R K | Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood [03939], and make them drink the water of gall : for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. |
| La 3:15 | C D T R K | He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood [03939]. |
| La 3:19 | C D T R K | Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood [03939] and the gall. |
| Am 5:7 | C D T R K | Ye who turn judgment to wormwood [03939], and leave off righteousness in the earth, |
| Am 6:12 | C D T R K | Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock [03939]: |