Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

They have denied LORD, and said, It is not he. Neither shall evil come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine.

New American Standard Bible

They have lied about the Lord
And said, “Not He;
Misfortune will not come on us,
And we will not see sword or famine.

King James Version

They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

Holman Bible

They have contradicted the Lord
and insisted, “It won’t happen.
Harm won’t come to us;
we won’t see sword or famine.”

International Standard Version

"They have lied about the LORD by saying, "He wouldn't do that! Disaster won't come on us. We won't see sword and famine.

American Standard Version

They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

Amplified


They have lied about and denied the Lord
By saying, “It is not He [who speaks through His prophets];
Misfortune and evil shall not come on us,
Nor will we see war or famine.

Bible in Basic English

They would have nothing to do with the Lord, saying, He will do nothing, and no evil will come to us; we will not see the sword or be short of food:

Darby Translation

They have denied Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine;

Julia Smith Translation

They lied against Jehovah, and they will say, Not he; and evil shall not come upon us; and we shall not see the sword and famine:

King James 2000

They have lied about the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

Lexham Expanded Bible

"They have denied Yahweh, and have said, 'Not he, {for} evil will not come on us, we will see neither sword nor famine.

Modern King James verseion

They have lied against Jehovah and said, It is not He; neither shall evil come on us; nor shall we see sword nor famine.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They have denied the LORD, and said, 'It is not he. Tush, there shall no misfortune come upon us; we shall see neither sword nor hunger.'

NET Bible

"These people have denied what the Lord says. They have said, 'That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.

New Heart English Bible

They have denied the LORD, and said, "It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.

The Emphasized Bible

They have acted deceptively against Yahweh, And have said, Not He! Neither shall there come upon us, calamity, Nor sword nor famine, shall we see;

Webster

They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

World English Bible

They have denied Yahweh, and said, "It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine.

Youngs Literal Translation

They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, 'It is not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the Lord

Usage: 0

and said

Usage: 0

It is not he neither shall evil
רעה רע 
Ra` 
Usage: 669


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

Verse Info

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says LORD. 12 They have denied LORD, and said, It is not he. Neither shall evil come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine. 13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

Deuteronomy 29:19

and it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

1 Samuel 6:9

And watch. If it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he has done to us this great evil, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

Psalm 10:6

He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

Isaiah 28:14-15

Therefore hear the word of LORD, ye scoffers, who rule this people that is in Jerusalem.

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?

Jeremiah 14:13-14

Then I said, Ah, lord LORD! Behold, the prophets say to them, Ye shall not see the sword, nor shall ye have famine, but I will give you assured peace in this place.

Jeremiah 23:14-17

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

Jeremiah 28:4

And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, who went to Babylon, says LORD, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 28:15-17

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah. LORD has not sent thee, but thou make this people to trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 43:2-3

then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, spoke, saying to Jeremiah, Thou speak falsely. LORD our God has not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there.

Ezekiel 12:22-28

Son of man, what is this proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?

Ezekiel 13:6

They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, LORD says, but LORD has not sent them. And they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.

Micah 2:11

If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, [saying], I will prophesy to thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall even be the prophet of this people.

Micah 3:11

The heads of it judge for a bribe, and the priests of it teach for a wage, and the prophets of it divine for money. Yet they lean upon LORD, and say, Is not LORD in the midst of us? No evil shall come upon us.

Habakkuk 1:5-6

Behold ye {scoffers (LXX/NT)}, and look, and wonder marvelously. For I am working a work in your days, which ye will not believe though it be told you.

1 Thessalonians 5:2-3

For ye yourselves know accurately that the day of Lord so comes as a thief in the night.

1 John 5:10

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified about his Son.

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