Jeremiah 23:25
What does Jeremiah 23:25 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 23:25 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I have heard what the prophets have said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy in My name falsehood, saying, `I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, and say: I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 12:6
And he said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Jehovah will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.
- Jeremiah 14:14
Then Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake I unto them: they prophesy unto you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their own heart.
- Psalms 139:2
Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising; Thou understandest my thought afar off.
- Genesis 37:5
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.
- Luke 12:3
Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
- Jeremiah 16:17
For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.
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