Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And I saw folly in the prophets of Shomeron; they prophesied in Baal, and they will cause my people Israel to wander.
New American Standard Bible
They
King James Version
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
Holman Bible
I saw something disgusting:
They prophesied by
and led My people Israel astray.
International Standard Version
"Among the prophets of Samaria I saw a disgusting thing, for they prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
A Conservative Version
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
American Standard Version
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
Amplified
“And I have seen a foolish and an offensive thing in the prophets of Samaria:
They prophesied by Baal and caused My people Israel to go astray.
Bible in Basic English
And I have seen ways without sense in the prophets of Samaria; they became prophets of the Baal, causing my people Israel to go wrong.
Darby Translation
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
King James 2000
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Now in the prophets of Samaria I saw a disgusting thing. They prophesied by Baal and they caused my people Israel to err.
Modern King James verseion
And I have seen frivolity in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal and caused My people Israel to go astray.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I have seen folly among the Prophets of Samaria, that they preached for Baal, and deceived my people of Israel.
NET Bible
The Lord says, "I saw the prophets of Samaria doing something that was disgusting. They prophesied in the name of the god Baal and led my people Israel astray.
New Heart English Bible
"I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
The Emphasized Bible
Even among the prophets of Samaria, had I seen a foolish thing, - They prophesied by Baal, And led astray my people Israel.
Webster
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
World English Bible
I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
Youngs Literal Translation
And in prophets of Samaria I have seen folly, They have prophesied by Baal, And cause my people -- Israel -- to err.
Themes
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » By the kingdom of israel
Evil » Who strengthens the hands of evildoers
Prophecy » Guilt of pretending to the gift of
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Ra'ah
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 23:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Unfaithful Prophets
12 For this their way shall be to them as slippery places in darkness: they shall be thrust away and they fell in it; for I will bring evil upon them, the year of their reviewing, says Jehovah. 13 And I saw folly in the prophets of Shomeron; they prophesied in Baal, and they will cause my people Israel to wander. 14 And in the prophets of Jerusalem I saw a horrible thing, committing adultery and going in falsehood: and they strengthened the hands of those doing evil, they turned not back a man from his evil: they were to me all of them as Sodom, and those dwelling in her as Gomorrah.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:8
The priests said not Where is Jehovah? and they holding the law knew me not: and the shepherds transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and they went After what will not profit
Isaiah 9:16
And there will be those leading this people causing them to wander; and those being led being swallowed up.
1 Kings 18:18-21
And he will say, I troubled not Israel? but thou and thy father's house in your forsaking the commands of Jehovah, and thou wilt go after the Baals.
Hosea 9:7-8
The days of oversight came, the days of recompense came; Israel knew: the prophet is foolish, the man of the spirit, raving, for the multitude of thine iniquity and great destruction.
1 Kings 18:25-28
And Elijah will say to the prophets of Baal, Choose for yourselves the one bullock, and do first, for ye are many; and call upon the name of your god, and ye shall not put fire.
1 Kings 18:40
And Elijah will say to them, Seize the prophets of Baal; a man shall not escape from them. And they will seize them, and Elijah will bring them down to the torrent Kishon, and they will slaughter them there.
2 Chronicles 33:9
And Manasseh will cause Judah and those inhabiting Jerusalem to wander, to do evil more than the nations which Jehovah destroyed from before the sons of Israel