Jeremiah 9:6
What does Jeremiah 9:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 9:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862thy dwelling <FI>is<Fi> in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit: through deceit they have refused to know me, saith the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
Context
v.5And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
v.6This passage
v.7Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
- 1 Corinthians 15:34
Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak this to move you to shame.
- Job 21:14
And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
- Jeremiah 13:10
This evil people, that refuse to hear my words, that walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing.
- Romans 1:28
And even as they refused to have God intheirknowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
- Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. Denounce, and we will denounce him, say all my familiar friends, they that watch for my fall; peradventure he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
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