Jeremiah 23:21

In 11 translations

BSB

I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

KJV

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

WEB

I didn’t send these prophets, yet they ran. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied.

ASV

I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

LSV

“I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, || I have not spoken to them, and they have prophesied.

YLT

I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.

DBY

I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

DRC

I did not send prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

GNV

I haue not sent these prophets, sayth the Lord, yet they ranne; I haue not spoken to them, and yet they prophecied.

JPS

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

LXXE

I sent not the prophets, yet they ran: neither spoke I to them, yet they prophesied.

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Original-language editions

WLC

לֹא־שָׁלַ֥חְתִּי אֶת־הַנְּבִאִ֖ים וְהֵ֣ם רָ֑צוּ לֹא־דִבַּ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְהֵ֥ם נִבָּֽאוּ׃

LXX-Br

Οὐκ ἀπέστελλον τοὺς προφήτας, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔτρεχον· οὐδὲ ἐλάλησα πρὸς αὐτοὺς, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐπροφήτευον.

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• Jeremiah 14:14“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of…
• Jeremiah 27:15For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
• Jeremiah 23:32“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at…
• Jeremiah 28:15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
• Jeremiah 29:9For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
• Jeremiah 29:31“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
• John 20:21Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
• Acts 13:4So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
• Isaiah 6:8Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
• Romans 10:15And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

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