Jeremiah 5:27

In 11 translations

BSB

Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

KJV

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.cage: or, coop

WEB

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.

ASV

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

LSV

As a cage full of birds, || So their houses are full of deceit, || Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

YLT

As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

DBY

As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.

DRC

As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.

GNV

As a cage is full of birdes, so are their houses full of deceite: thereby they are become great and waxen riche.

JPS

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; therefore they are become great, and waxen rich;

LXXE

As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּכְלוּב֙ מָ֣לֵא ע֔וֹף כֵּ֥ן בָּתֵּיהֶ֖ם מְלֵאִ֣ים מִרְמָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֥ן גָּדְל֖וּ וַֽיַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ὡς παγὶς ἐφεσταμένη πλήρης πετεινῶν, οὕτως οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν πλήρεις δόλου· διατοῦτο ἐμεγαλύνθησαν, καὶ ἐπλούτησαν,

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• Revelation 18:2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.
• Habakkuk 2:9–11Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster! You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life. For the stones will…
• Jeremiah 9:6You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
• Proverbs 1:11–13If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. We will find all manner of precious…
• Hosea 12:7–8A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands. And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
• Micah 1:12For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
• Amos 8:4–6Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah…
• Micah 6:10–11Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed? Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?

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