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Jeremiah 7:8

Jeremiah chapter 7 · verse 8 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.7then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, from of old even for evermore.

v.8This passage

v.9Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,

Cross references

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

  • Isaiah 30:10

    that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits,

  • Jeremiah 4:10

    Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the life.

  • Jeremiah 7:4

    Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, the temple of Jehovah, are these.

  • Jeremiah 23:14

    In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them become unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

  • Jeremiah 23:26

    How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceit of their own heart?

  • Jeremiah 8:10

    Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall possess them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.