Jeremiah 5:1
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

Young's Literal Translation
Go to and fro in streets of Jerusalem, And see, I pray you, and know, And seek in her broad places, if ye find a man, If there be one doing judgment, seeking stedfastness—Then am I propitious to her.

King James Bible
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

Hebrew
Go up and down
שׁוֹטְט֞וּ (šō·wṭ·ṭū)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7751: To push forth, to lash, to row, to travel

the streets
בְּחוּצ֣וֹת (bə·ḥū·ṣō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

of Jerusalem.
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

Look
וּרְאוּ־ (ū·rə·’ū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

now
נָ֤א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

and take note;
וּדְעוּ֙ (ū·ḏə·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 3045: To know

search
וּבַקְשׁ֣וּ (ū·ḇaq·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

her squares.
בִרְחוֹבוֹתֶ֔יהָ (ḇir·ḥō·w·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7339: A broad open place, plaza

If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you can find
תִּמְצְא֣וּ (tim·ṣə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

a single person,
אִ֔ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

[anyone] who acts
עֹשֶׂ֥ה (‘ō·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

justly,
מִשְׁפָּ֖ט (miš·pāṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

[anyone] who seeks
מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ (mə·ḇaq·qêš)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

the truth,
אֱמוּנָ֑ה (’ĕ·mū·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 530: Firmness, steadfastness, fidelity

then I will forgive [the city].
וְאֶסְלַ֖ח (wə·’es·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 5545: To forgive, pardon

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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