Jeremiah 23:21

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Jeremiah 23:21

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New American Standard Bible

“I did not send these prophets,
But they ran.
I did not speak to them,
But they prophesied.

King James Version

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

Holman Bible

I did not send these prophets,
yet they ran with a message.
I did not speak to them,
yet they prophesied.

International Standard Version

I didn't send these prophets, but they ran anyway. I didn't speak to them, but they prophesied.

A Conservative Version

I did not send these prophets, yet they ran. I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

American Standard Version

I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

Amplified

“I did not send [these counterfeit] prophets,
Yet they ran;
I did not speak to them,
Yet they prophesied.

Bible in Basic English

I did not send these prophets, but they went running: I said nothing to them, but they gave out the prophet's word

Darby Translation

I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

Julia Smith Translation

I sent not the prophets, and they ran; I spake not to them, and they prophesied.

King James 2000

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I have not sent the prophets, yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied

Modern King James verseion

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"I have not sent these Prophets, sayeth the LORD, "and yet they ran. I have not spoken to them, and yet they preached.

NET Bible

I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.

New Heart English Bible

I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

The Emphasized Bible

I sent not the prophets yet they, ran, I spake not unto them yet, they, prophesied.

Webster

I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

World English Bible

I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied.

Youngs Literal Translation

I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.

Themes

False prophets » Not sent or commissioned by God

Sending and those sent » Who the lord did not send

Topics

Running

Running After Evil

God Not Sending

Prophets Who Were Not Sent

False Apostles, Prophets And Teachers

Strong Delusion

prophets

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

I have not sent

H7971

שׁלח
Shalach

send, go, forth, send away, lay, send out, put, put away, cast out, stretch out, cast, set, put out, depart, soweth, loose,

Usage: 848

these prophets

H5030

נביא
Nabiy'

prophet, prophecy, them that prophesy, prophet , variant

Usage: 315

yet they ran

H7323

רוּץ
Ruwts

run, guard, post, run away, speedily,

Usage: 103

I have not spoken

H1696

דּבר
Dabar

speak, say, talk, promise, tell, commune, pronounce, utter, command

Usage: 1142

Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 23:21

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 21153
Jeremiah Rank: 524
7 Topics
2 Themes
10 Cross References
1 Reading
Interlinear

Context Readings

²⁰ “The anger of the Lord will not turn back
Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart;
In the last days you will clearly understand it.
²¹ “I did not send these prophets,
But they ran.
I did not speak to them,
But they prophesied.
²² “But if they had stood in My council,
Then they would have announced My words to My people,
And would have turned them back from their evil way
And from the evil of their deeds.

Cross References

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a false vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own minds.

Jeremiah 27:15

for I have not sent them,” declares the Lord, “but they prophesy falsely in My name, in order that I may drive you out and that you may perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams,” declares the Lord, “and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit,” declares the Lord.

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