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Jeremiah 5:26

Jeremiah chapter 5 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

Context

v.25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.

v.26This passage

v.27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 58:1

    Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

  • Jeremiah 4:22

    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.

  • Luke 5:10

    and so were also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

  • Jeremiah 18:22

    Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

  • Psalms 10:9

    He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net.

  • Habakkuk 1:14

    and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?