Jeremiah 5:2
World English Bible (WEB)
Though they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”
In context
1 “Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in its wide places, if you can find a man, if there is anyone who does justly, who seeks truth, then I will pardon her.
2 Though they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”
3 O LORD, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
4 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.
Jeremiah 5:2 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Though they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”
- KJV King James Version
- And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And if they say, 'Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And if they say, [As] Jehovah liveth! surely they swear falsely.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.