Jeremiah 5:26

In 11 translations

BSB

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

KJV

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.they lay…: or, they pry as fowlers lie in wait

WEB

For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

ASV

For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

LSV

For the wicked have been found among My people. He watches like one who sets snares, || They have set up a trap—they capture men.

YLT

For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap — men they capture.

DBY

For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.

DRC

For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.

GNV

For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.

JPS

For among My people are found wicked men; they pry, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

LXXE

For among my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught them.

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WLC

כִּי־נִמְצְא֥וּ בְעַמִּ֖י רְשָׁעִ֑ים יָשׁוּר֙ כְּשַׁ֣ךְ יְקוּשִׁ֔ים הִצִּ֥יבוּ מַשְׁחִ֖ית אֲנָשִׁ֥ים יִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι εὑρέθησαν ἐν τῷ λαῷ μου ἀσεβεῖς, καὶ παγίδας ἔστησαν τοῦ διαφθεῖραι ἄνδρας, καὶ συνελαμβάνοσαν.

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• Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
• Psalms 64:5They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
• Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
• Ezekiel 22:2–12“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own…
• Psalms 10:9–10He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net. They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.
• Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
• Luke 5:10and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”
• 1 Samuel 19:10–11Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night. Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the…
• Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.
• Habakkuk 1:14–15You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler. The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
• Proverbs 1:17–18How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it! But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

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