Jeremiah 5:4
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
In context
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.
5 I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they know the way of the LORD, and the law of their God.” But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
6 Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch against their cities. Everyone who goes out there will be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many and their backsliding has increased.
Jeremiah 5:4 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.