Jeremiah 9:6

In 11 translations

BSB

You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.That is, Jeremiah dwells (the Hebrew is singular)

KJV

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

WEB

Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.

ASV

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

LSV

Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, || Through deceit they refused to know Me,” || A declaration of YHWH.

YLT

thy dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

DBY

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

DRC

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit: Through deceit they have refused to know me, saith the Lord.

GNV

Thine habitation is in the middes of deceiuers: because of their deceit they refuse to know me, sayth the Lord.

JPS9:5

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, saith the LORD.

LXXE9:5

There is usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit: they would not know me, saith the Lord.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC9:5

שִׁבְתְּךָ֖ בְּת֣וֹךְ מִרְמָ֑ה בְּמִרְמָ֛ה מֵאֲנ֥וּ דַֽעַת־אוֹתִ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃KJV:Jer.9.6

LXX-Br9:5

Τόκος ἐπὶ τόκῳ, καὶ δόλος ἐπὶ δόλῳ· οὐκ ἤθελον εἰδέναι με, φησὶ Κύριος.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Jeremiah 13:10These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
• Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
• Romans 1:28Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
• Job 21:14–15Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
• Proverbs 1:24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
• Proverbs 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
• Jeremiah 5:27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
• John 3:19–20And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for…
• Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our…
• Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered…
• Jeremiah 8:5Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
• 1 Corinthians 15:34Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
• Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his…
• Psalms 120:2–6Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!…

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