Jeremiah 5:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.”
Jeremiah 5:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 5:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jeremiah 5:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know Yahweh’s way, nor the law of their God.”
Jeremiah 5:4 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 5:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God: ”
Jeremiah 5:4 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 5:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I--I said, `Surely these <FI>are<Fi> poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.”
Jeremiah 5:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 5:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of theirGod. ”
Jeremiah 5:4 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 5:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore I saide, Surely they are poore, they are foolish, for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the iudgement of their God.”
Jeremiah 5:4 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 5:4 in Context — Jeremiah 5
2 And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.
3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.
5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
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What Does Jeremiah 5:4 Mean?
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