Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
You too have done evil, even
King James Version
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
Holman Bible
You did more evil than your fathers.
International Standard Version
You have done even more evil than your ancestors, and each one of you is stubbornly following his own evil desires, refusing to listen to me.
A Conservative Version
And ye have done evil more than your fathers, for, behold, ye walk each one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not to me.
American Standard Version
and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me:
Amplified
and because you have done worse [things] than your fathers. Just look, every one of you walks in the stubbornness of his own evil heart, so that you do not listen [obediently] to Me.
Bible in Basic English
And you have done worse evil than your fathers; for see, every one of you is guided by the pride of his evil heart, so as not to give ear to me:
Darby Translation
and you, ye have done still worse than your fathers; and there ye are walking every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, not to hearken unto me:
Julia Smith Translation
And ye acted wickedly to do more than your fathers; and behold, you going a man after the stubbornness of his evil heart for not hearing to me.
King James 2000
And you have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk everyone after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And {you have behaved badly} more than your ancestors, and look, you [are] going each one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, without listening to me.
Modern King James verseion
And you have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk each one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, without listening to Me;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And ye, with your shameful blasphemies, have exceeded the wickedness of your fathers. For every one of you followeth the froward and evil imagination of his own heart, and is not obedient unto me.
NET Bible
And you have acted even more wickedly than your ancestors! Each one of you has followed the stubborn inclinations of your own wicked heart and not obeyed me.
New Heart English Bible
and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you do not listen to me:
The Emphasized Bible
And, ye, have done more wickedly than your fathers, - for look at you! walking every man after the stubbornness of his wicked heart, so as not to hearken unto me,
Webster
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken to me:
World English Bible
and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me:
Youngs Literal Translation
Ye also have done evil above your fathers, And lo, ye are walking each after the stubbornness of his evil heart, So as not to hearken unto Me.
Themes
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Evil in heart
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 16:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abandoning The Lord And His Law
11
Then thou shalt say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods and have served them and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me and have not kept my law;
12 You too have done evil, even
Cross References
Jeremiah 13:10
This evil people that refuses to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart and went after other gods to serve them and to worship them shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
Jeremiah 7:26
yet they did not hearken unto me, nor incline their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all; and also that the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
1 Samuel 15:23
For rebellion is the sin of witchcraft, and to break the word of the Lord is iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected thee from being king.
Jeremiah 7:24
But they did not hearken, nor incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels in the imagination of their evil heart and went backward, and not forward
Jeremiah 9:14
but have walked after the imagination of their own heart and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them,
Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth the evil thoughts, the adulteries, the fornications, the murders,
Genesis 6:5
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a savour of rest, and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his childhood; neither will I again smite any more every living thing as I have done.
Deuteronomy 9:27
Remember thy slaves, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people nor to their wickedness nor to their sin,
Deuteronomy 29:19
and it shall be, when that one hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst.
Judges 2:19
But when the judge was dead, then they would return, and corrupt themselves more than their fathers in following other gods to serve them and to bow down unto them; they did not diminish from their own doings nor from their stubborn way.
Ecclesiastes 8:12
Though a sinner does evil one hundred times and his judgment is prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with those that fear God, who fear before his presence;
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; who shall know it?
2 Timothy 3:13
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
Hebrews 3:12
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unfaithfulness, to depart from the living God.