Jeremiah 18:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Will. man leave... ? Note the Figure of speech Erotesis and the Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6), and render:

"Will [a man] leave the snow [water] of Lebanon for the rock of the field?

Or, shall the cold flowing waters [be forsaken] for strange waters?

snow: i.e. snow [water], used for mixing with wine; or for washing, as in Job 9:30.

which cometh. Omit, and supply the word "leave" in the second clause from the first clause.

Jeremiah 18:14

14 Will a man leave the snowc of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?