Jeremiah 5:27
Jeremiah chapter 5 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
Context
v.26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
v.27This passage
v.28They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Micah 6:10
Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?
- Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that getteth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!
- Hosea 12:7
He isa trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
- Micah 1:12
For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.
- Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
- Jeremiah 9:6
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.