Jeremiah 5:26 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.”
Jeremiah 5:26 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 5:26 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 5:26 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.”
Jeremiah 5:26 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 5:26 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men. ”
Jeremiah 5:26 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 5:26 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap--men they capture.”
Jeremiah 5:26 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 5:26 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men. ”
Jeremiah 5:26 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 5:26 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.”
Jeremiah 5:26 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 5:26 in Context — Jeremiah 5
24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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What Does Jeremiah 5:26 Mean?
Jeremiah 5:26 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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