Jeremiah 5:2
What does Jeremiah 5:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 5:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And if they say, `Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And if they say, [As] Jehovah liveth! surely they swear falsely.
Context
v.1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
v.2This passage
v.3O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 10:4
They speakvainwords, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
- Leviticus 19:12
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
- Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
- Zechariah 5:3
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole land: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off on the one side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off on the other side according to it.
- Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
- 1 Timothy 1:10
for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;
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