Jeremiah 23:31

In 11 translations

BSB

“Yes,” declares the LORD, “I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and proclaim, ‘The LORD declares it.’”

KJV

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.that…: or, that smooth their tongues

WEB

Behold, I am against the prophets,” says Yahweh, “who use their tongues, and say, ‘He says.’

ASV

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

LSV

Behold, I [am] against the prophets,” || A declaration of YHWH, || “Who are making their tongue smooth, || And they affirm—an affirmation.

YLT

Lo, I [am] against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are making smooth their tongue, And they affirm — an affirmation.

DBY

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He hath said.

DRC

Behold I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues, and say: The Lord saith it.

GNV

Beholde, I will come against the prophets, saith the Lord, which haue sweete tongues, and say, He saith.

JPS

Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues and say: 'He saith.'

LXXE

Behold, I am against the prophets that put forth prophecies of mere words, and slumber their sleep.

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Original-language editions

WLC

הִנְנִ֥י עַל־הַנְּבִיאִ֖ם נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה הַלֹּקְחִ֣ים לְשׁוֹנָ֔ם וַֽיִּנְאֲמ֖וּ נְאֻֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ πρὸς τοὺς προφήτας τοὺς ἐκβάλλοντας προφητείας γλώσσης, καὶ νυστάζοντας νυσταγμὸν αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
• 2 Chronicles 18:5So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, “Should we go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should we refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and God will deliver it into the hand of the…
• 2 Chronicles 18:10–12Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’” And all the prophets were prophesying the…
• Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
• Micah 2:11If a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
• 2 Chronicles 18:19–21And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that. Then a spirit came forward, stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice…

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