Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

New American Standard Bible

“Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing:
They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

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

Among the prophets of Samaria
I saw something disgusting:
They prophesied by Baal
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.

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I have seen
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

תּפלה 
Tiphlah 
Usage: 3

in the prophets
נביא 
Nabiy' 
Usage: 315

of Samaria
שׁמרון 
Shom@rown 
Usage: 109

נבא 
Naba' 
Usage: 115

in Baal
בּעל 
Ba`al 
Usage: 81

and caused my people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

ישׂראל 
Yisra'el 
Usage: 2505

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Jeremiah 23:13

Context Readings

The Unfaithful Prophets

12 Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness. They shall be driven on, and fall in it. For I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, says LORD. 13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. 14 In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing. They commit adultery, and walk in lies. And they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They have all of them become to me as So


Cross References

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not say, Where is LORD? and those who handle the law did not know me. The rulers also transgressed against me. And the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

Isaiah 9:16

For those who lead this people cause them to err, and those who are led by them are destroyed.

1 Kings 18:18-21

And he answered, I have not troubled Israel, but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of LORD, and thou have followed the Baalim.

Hosea 9:7-8

The days of visitation have come. The days of recompense have come. Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

1 Kings 18:25-28

And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first, for ye are many, and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under.

1 Kings 18:40

and Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.

2 Chronicles 33:9

And Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did evil more than the nations did whom LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel.

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