Jeremiah 7:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.”
Jeremiah 7:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jeremiah 7:8 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Jeremiah 7:8 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Jeremiah 7:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Behold, you trust in lying words that can’t profit.”
Jeremiah 7:8 — World English Bible
Jeremiah 7:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. ”
Jeremiah 7:8 — American Standard Version
Jeremiah 7:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.”
Jeremiah 7:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 7:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit. ”
Jeremiah 7:8 — Darby Translation
Jeremiah 7:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Beholde, you trust in lying woordes, that can not profite.”
Jeremiah 7:8 — Geneva Bible
Jeremiah 7:8 in Context — Jeremiah 7
6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
7 Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
8 Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
What Does Jeremiah 7:8 Mean?
Jeremiah 7:8 is a verse from the Book of Jeremiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jeremiah chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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