Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They
They set a trap,
They catch men.
King James Version
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Holman Bible
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.
They set a trap;
they catch men.
International Standard Version
"Evil men are found among my people. They lie in wait like someone who traps birds. They set a trap, but they do so to catch people.
A Conservative Version
For among my people are found wicked men. They watch as fowlers lay in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
American Standard Version
For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
Amplified
‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers who lie in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.
Bible in Basic English
For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
Darby Translation
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.
Julia Smith Translation
for evil ones were found among my people: he will look about as the stooping of fowlers; they set snares, they will take men.
King James 2000
For among my people are found wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For wicked people are found among my people, they lie in wait like the hiding of fowlers, they set up a trap, they catch humans.
Modern King James verseion
For among My people are found wicked ones; they lie in wait, as one who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For among my people are found wicked persons, that privily lay snares and wait for me, to take them and destroy them.
NET Bible
"Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.
New Heart English Bible
For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
The Emphasized Bible
For there have been found among my people lawless men, - One lieth in wait, as with the stooping of fowlers, They have set a trap, they capture men:
Webster
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
World English Bible
For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
Youngs Literal Translation
For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.
Themes
Snare » Figurative » Of the devices of evil people to deceive the righteous
Interlinear
Matsa'
Shuwr
Natsab
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 5:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
25
Your wickedness has turned these things away. Your sins have kept good things away from you.
26
They
They set a trap,
They catch men.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:11
If they say: Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us ambush the innocent without cause.
Jeremiah 18:22
Let an outcry be heard from their houses when you suddenly bring raiders upon them. For they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.
1 Samuel 19:10-11
Saul tried to pin David to the wall with his spear. David dodged it, and Saul's spear struck the wall. David escaped from Saul that night.
Psalm 10:9-10
He lurks in his hiding place like a lion in his den. He hides there to catch oppressed people. He catches oppressed people after he draws them into his net.
Psalm 64:5
They are determined to do evil, and they tell themselves: Let us set traps! No one can see us.
Proverbs 1:17-18
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Isaiah 58:1
Cry aloud! Do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram's horn. Tell my people about their rebellion and the descendants of Jacob about their sins.
Jeremiah 4:22
My people are fools. They do not know me. They are stupid people. They do not understand. They are experts in doing wrong, and they do not know how to do good.
Ezekiel 22:2-12
Son of man will you judge? Will you judge the city of murderers (the bloodguilty)? Then tell it about all the disgusting things that it has done.
Habakkuk 1:14-15
Why do you make men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them?
Luke 5:10
So were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon: Do not fear. From now on you will catch men.