Jeremiah 23:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.”
Jeremiah 23:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 23:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 23:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.”
Jeremiah 23:21 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 23:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied. ”
Jeremiah 23:21 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 23:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.”
Jeremiah 23:21 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 23:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. ”
Jeremiah 23:21 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 23:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I haue not sent these prophets, sayth the Lord, yet they ranne; I haue not spoken to them, and yet they prophecied.”
Jeremiah 23:21 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 23:21 in Context — Jeremiah 23
19 Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
20 The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
21 I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?
What Does Jeremiah 23:21 Mean?
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