Jeremiah 5:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
In context
2 Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
3 O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
4 Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
5 I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
6 Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.
Jeremiah 5:4 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they don’t know the LORD’s way, nor the law of their God.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And I — I said, 'Surely these [are] poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.