Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

New American Standard Bible

“The prophets are as wind,
And the word is not in them.
Thus it will be done to them!”

King James Version

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

Holman Bible

The prophets become only wind,
for the Lord’s word is not in them.
This will in fact happen to them.

International Standard Version

The prophets are nothing but wind, and the word is not in them. So may the disaster happen to them!'"

A Conservative Version

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.

Amplified


“The prophets are like the wind [their prophecy will not come to pass],
And the word [of God] is not in them.
In this manner it will be done to them [as they prophesied, not to us].”

Bible in Basic English

And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.

Darby Translation

and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

Julia Smith Translation

And the prophets shall be for wind, and the word not in them: so shall it be done to them.

King James 2000

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And the prophets are like wind, and the word [is] not in them.' Thus it will be done to them."

Modern King James verseion

And the prophets shall become wind, and the Word is not in them; so it shall be done to them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for the warning of the Prophets, it is but wind; yea, there is not the word of God in them: such things shall happen unto themselves."

NET Bible

The prophets will prove to be full of wind. The Lord has not spoken through them. So, let what they say happen to them.'"

New Heart English Bible

The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them."

The Emphasized Bible

But the prophets, shall prove to be wind, And there is no one speaking in them, - Thus, shall it be done to themselves!

Webster

And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done to them.

World English Bible

The prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them."

Youngs Literal Translation

And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' -- thus it is done by them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the prophets
נביא 
Nabiy' 
Usage: 315

רוּח 
Ruwach 
Usage: 378

and the word
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

is not in them thus shall it be done

Usage: 0

Context Readings

An Invasion From The North

12 They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither 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 unto them. 14 Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.



Cross References

Jeremiah 14:15

Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

Job 8:2

How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long'shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?

Jeremiah 14:13

Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

Job 6:26

Do ye think to reprove words, Seeing that the speeches of one that is desperate are as wind?

Jeremiah 18:18

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Jeremiah 20:8-11

For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Jehovah is made a reproach unto me, and a derision, all the day.

Jeremiah 28:3

Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of Jehovah's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried to Babylon:

Hosea 9:7

The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

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