Parallel Verses
Amplified
For they prophesy a lie to you which will cause you to be removed far from your land; and I will drive you out and you will perish.
New American Standard Bible
For they prophesy a
King James Version
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Holman Bible
for they prophesy a lie to you so that you will be removed from your land. I will banish you, and you will perish.
International Standard Version
They're prophesying a lie to you in order to remove you far away from your land. I'll drive you out and you will perish.
A Conservative Version
For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
American Standard Version
for they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Bible in Basic English
For they say false words to you, so that you may be sent away far from your land, and so that you may be forced out by me and come to destruction.
Darby Translation
For they prophesy falsehood unto you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Julia Smith Translation
For they are prophesying a lie to you so as to remove you far off from your land; and I thrust you away, and ye perished.
King James 2000
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For they [are] prophesying to you a lie, so that you [will be] removed from your land, and I will drive you away, and you will perish.
Modern King James verseion
For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out and you should perish.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For they preach you lies, to bring you far from your land, and that I might cast you out, and destroy you.
NET Bible
Do not listen to them, because their prophecies are lies. Listening to them will only cause you to be taken far away from your native land. I will drive you out of your country and you will die in exile.
New Heart English Bible
for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.
The Emphasized Bible
for falsehood, are they prophesying unto you, that ye may be far removed from off your own soil, and I drive you out, and ye be destroyed
Webster
For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
World English Bible
for they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land, and that I should drive you out, and you should perish.
Youngs Literal Translation
For falsehood they are prophesying to you, so as to remove you far from off your ground, and I have driven you out, and ye have perished.
Themes
Ammonites » Prophecies concerning
Edom » A name of the land occupied by the descendants of esau » Prophecies concerning
sidon » A city » A city on the northern boundary of the canaanites » Prophecies concerning
References
Morish
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 27:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah Uses Fetters And Yokes To Illustrate His Message Of Submission
9 And as for you, do not listen to your [counterfeit] prophets, your diviners, your dreams and dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers, who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ 10 For they prophesy a lie to you which will cause you to be removed far from your land; and I will drive you out and you will perish. 11 But the nation which will bow its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, that nation I will let remain on its own land,” says the Lord, “to cultivate it and live in it.”’”
Cross References
Jeremiah 32:31
“From the day that they built it [during the reign of
Jeremiah 23:25
“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My Name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed [visions when on my bed at night].’
Jeremiah 27:14
Do not listen to and believe the words of the [false] prophets who are saying to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they prophesy a lie to you;
Jeremiah 28:16
Therefore thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am about to send you away from the face of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken and counseled rebellion against the Lord.’”
Lamentations 2:14
Your prophets have seen (imagined) for you
False and foolish visions;
And they have not exposed your wickedness
To restore you from captivity [by teaching you to repent],
But they have seen (imagined) and declared to you false and misleading oracles.
Ezekiel 14:9-11
“But if the prophet [who speaks without My authority] is enticed to speak a word [of his own], it is I the Lord who have caused that prophet [to speak falsely to please the inquirer, thus allowing himself to be a party to the inquirer’s sin], and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.