Jeremiah 5:4
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have 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.
4 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.
5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Jeremiah 5:4 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.