Jeremiah 5:27
King James Version (KJV)
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
In context
25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 5:27 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
- WEB World English Bible
- As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- ASV American Standard Version
- As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
- DBY Darby Translation
- As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
- WBS Webster Bible
- As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and have grown rich.