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Jeremiah 5:4

What does Jeremiah 5:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 5:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And I--I said, `Surely these <FI>are<Fi> poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of theirGod.

Context

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.

v.4This passage

v.5I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 27:11

    When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.

  • Matthew 11:5

    the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.

  • Isaiah 28:9

    Whom will he teach knowledge? and whom will he make to understand the message? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts?

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 7:8

    Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

  • Hosea 4:6

    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

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