Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
As a cane full of birds, so their houses full of deceit: for this they were magnified and they will be rich.
New American Standard Bible
So their houses are full of
Therefore they have become great and rich.
King James Version
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Holman Bible
so their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.
International Standard Version
Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich,
A Conservative Version
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grown rich.
American Standard Version
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
Amplified
‘As a cage is full of birds,
So are their houses full of deceit and treachery;
Therefore they have become influential and rich.
Bible in Basic English
As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.
Darby Translation
As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
King James 2000
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and grown rich.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like a cage full of birds, so their houses [are] full of fraud. {Therefore} they have become great, and they have become rich.
Modern King James verseion
Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and grown rich.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And like as a net is full of birds, so are their houses full of that which they have gotten with falsity and deceit. Hereof cometh their great substance and riches,
NET Bible
Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.
New Heart English Bible
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
The Emphasized Bible
As, a cage, is full of birds, So, are, their houses, full of unrighteous gain, - For this cause, have they become great and waxen rich:
Webster
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and have grown rich.
World English Bible
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
Youngs Literal Translation
As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
Themes
Deceit » Evil of » Leads to pride and oppression
Deceit » The wicked full of » Their houses
Interlinear
Bayith
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 5:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
26 for evil ones were found among my people: he will look about as the stooping of fowlers; they set snares, they will take men. 27 As a cane full of birds, so their houses full of deceit: for this they were magnified and they will be rich. 28 They became fat, they shone: they passed over words of evil: they judged not judgment, the judgment of the orphan, and they will give success; and the judgment of the needy they judged not.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 1:11-13
If they shall say, Go with us, we will lie in wait for blood, we will hide for the innocent gratuitously;
Jeremiah 9:6
Thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit; by deceit they refused to know me, says Jehovah.
Hosea 12:7-8
Canaan in his hand, the balances of deceit: he loved to oppress.
Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, ye, panting after the needy, to cause the humble of the, land to cease.
Micah 1:12
For she dwelling in bitterness was anxious for good: but evil came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 6:10-11
Are there yet treasures of injustice in the house of the unjust, and the ephah of leanness being cursed?
Habakkuk 2:9-11
Wo! to him plundering an evil plunder to his house, to set his nest on high, to deliver from the hand of evil.
Revelation 18:2
And he cried with a great, strong voice, saying, She fell, Babylon the great fell, and became the dwelling of devils, and the prison of every unclean spirit, and the prison of every unclean and detested bird.