Parallel Verses
NET Bible
But they just keep saying, 'We do not care what you say! We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!'"
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
Holman Bible
But they will say, ‘It’s hopeless.
International Standard Version
But they'll say, "It's useless! We will follow our plans and each of us will pursue his own evil desires.'
A Conservative Version
But they say, It is in vain. For we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.
American Standard Version
But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.
Amplified
But they will say, ‘That is hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act in accordance with the stubbornness of his evil heart.’
Bible in Basic English
But they will say, There is no hope: we will go on in our designs, and every one of us will do what he is moved by the pride of his evil heart to do.
Darby Translation
But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.
Julia Smith Translation
And they said, We shall despair; for after our purposes we will go, and we will do each the stubbornness of his evil heart
King James 2000
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own plans, and we will everyone do the imagination of his evil heart.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But they will say, '[It is] hopeless, for we will go after our [own] plans, and each one of us will act [according to] the stubbornness of his evil heart.'
Modern King James verseion
And they said, There is no hope; but we will walk after our own ways, and we will each one do according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But they say, 'No more of this, we will follow our own imaginations, and do every man according to the wilfulness of his own mind.'
New Heart English Bible
But they say, 'It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.'"
The Emphasized Bible
And, since they will say, Hopeless! For after our own devices, will we walk, And, very one, the stubbornness of his own wicked heart, will we do!
Webster
And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
World English Bible
But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do.
Themes
Despair » Leads to » Continuing in sin
Evil » Devices » General references to
Plans of men » Devices, evil » General references to
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 18:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Potter And The Clay
11 So now, tell the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem this: The Lord says, 'I am preparing to bring disaster on you! I am making plans to punish you. So, every one of you, stop the evil things you have been doing. Correct the way you have been living and do what is right.' 12 But they just keep saying, 'We do not care what you say! We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!'" 13 Therefore, the Lord says, "Ask the people of other nations whether they have heard of anything like this. Israel should have been like a virgin. But she has done something utterly revolting!
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Cross References
Jeremiah 2:25
Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear out and your throats become dry. But you say, 'It is useless for you to try and stop me because I love those foreign gods and want to pursue them!'
Deuteronomy 29:19
When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.
Isaiah 57:10
Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say, 'I give up.' You get renewed energy, so you don't collapse.
Jeremiah 3:17
At that time the city of Jerusalem will be called the Lord's throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the Lord's name. They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts.
Jeremiah 7:24
But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better.
Jeremiah 16:12
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.
Genesis 6:5
But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.
Genesis 8:21
And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.
2 Kings 6:33
He was still talking to them when the messenger approached and said, "Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?"
Jeremiah 11:8
But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me! Each one of them followed the stubborn inclinations of his own wicked heart. So I brought on them all the punishments threatened in the covenant because they did not carry out its terms as I commanded them to do.'"
Jeremiah 23:17
They continually say to those who reject what the Lord has said, 'Things will go well for you!' They say to all those who follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts, 'Nothing bad will happen to you!'
Jeremiah 44:17
Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.
Ezekiel 37:11
Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, 'Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.'
Mark 7:21-22
For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
Luke 1:51
He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts.