Jeremiah 23:21
World English Bible (WEB)
I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
In context
19 Behold, the LORD’s storm, his wrath, has gone out. Yes, a whirling storm! It will burst on the head of the wicked.
20 The LORD’s anger will not return until he has executed and performed the intents of his heart. In the latter days, you will understand it perfectly.
21 I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
22 But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, and would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
23 “Am I a God at hand,” says the LORD, “and not a God afar off?
Jeremiah 23:21 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.
- KJV King James Version
- I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
- ASV American Standard Version
- I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.
- DBY Darby Translation
- I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
- WBS Webster Bible
- I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.