Jeremiah 4:22

What does Jeremiah 4:22 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 4:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For my people <FI>are<Fi> foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons <FI>are<Fi> they, yea, they <FI>are<Fi> not intelligent, Wise <FI>are<Fi> they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Context

v.21How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?

v.22This passage

v.23I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 16:21

    And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, that he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then will the hands of all that are with thee be strong.

  • Hosea 5:4

    Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.

  • Jeremiah 5:21

    Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

  • John 16:3

    And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

  • Jeremiah 13:23

    Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

  • Luke 16:8

    And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.

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