Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

New American Standard Bible

“Your first forefather sinned,
And your spokesmen have transgressed against Me.

King James Version

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

Holman Bible

Your first father sinned,
and your mediators have rebelled against Me.

International Standard Version

Your first ancestor sinned, and your mediators rebelled against me.

A Conservative Version

Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

Amplified


“Your first father [Jacob] sinned,
And your spokesmen [the priests and the prophets—your mediators] have transgressed against Me.

Bible in Basic English

Your first father was a sinner, and your guides have gone against my word.

Darby Translation

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy mediators have rebelled against me.

Julia Smith Translation

Thy first father slimed, thy interpreter transgressed against me.

King James 2000

Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Your first ancestor sinned, and your {representatives} transgressed against me.

Modern King James verseion

Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have sinned against Me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Thy first father offended sore, and thy rulers have sinned against me.

NET Bible

The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me.

New Heart English Bible

Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.

The Emphasized Bible

Thy chief father, hath sinned, And thine interpreters, have transgressed against me;

Webster

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.

World English Bible

Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.

Youngs Literal Translation

Thy first father sinned, And thine interpreters transgressed against me,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ראשׁן ראשׁון 
Ri'shown 
Usage: 182

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Despite The People Of Israel's Past Sin, The Lord Will Forgive Them

26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth thy cause , that thou mayest be justified. 27 Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. 28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling.



Cross References

Jeremiah 5:31

the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

Isaiah 28:7

And even these reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they stagger with strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

Ezekiel 16:3

and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was a Hittite.

Numbers 32:14

And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers'stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel.

Psalm 78:8

And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that set not their heart aright, And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.

Psalm 106:6-7

We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.

Isaiah 3:12

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they that lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

Isaiah 9:15

The elder and the honorable man, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Isaiah 56:10-12

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Jeremiah 3:25

Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against Jehovah our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day; and we have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah our God.

Jeremiah 23:11-15

for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

Lamentations 4:13-14

It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

Ezekiel 22:25-28

There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey: they have devoured souls; they take treasure and precious things; they have made her widows many in the midst thereof.

Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

Micah 3:11

The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.

Zechariah 1:4-6

Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah.

Malachi 2:4-8

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant may be with Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.

Malachi 3:7

From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?

Matthew 15:14

Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

Matthew 27:1

Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

Matthew 27:41

In like manner also the chief priests mocking him , with the scribes and elders, said,

John 11:49-53

But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

Acts 5:17-18

But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,

Acts 7:51

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Romans 5:12

Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:--

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