Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, you [are] relying for yourselves on {deceitful words} without benefiting.
New American Standard Bible
“Behold, you are trusting in
King James Version
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Holman Bible
But look, you keep trusting in deceitful words that cannot help.
International Standard Version
"Look, you're trusting in deceptive words that cannot benefit.
A Conservative Version
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
American Standard Version
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Amplified
“Behold, you are trusting in deceptive and useless words that bring no benefit.
Bible in Basic English
See, you put your faith in false words which are of no profit.
Darby Translation
Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, you trusting to yourselves upon words of falsehood not to receive profit.
King James 2000
Behold, you trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot do any good.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But take heed: ye trust in counsels that beguile you and do you no good.
NET Bible
"'But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! ye, on your part, are trusting in false words, - To no profit!
Webster
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
World English Bible
Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 7:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Proclamation At The Gate Of The House Of Yahweh
7 then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your ancestors {forever and ever}. 8 Look, you [are] relying for yourselves on {deceitful words} without benefiting. 9 Will you steal? Will you murder? And will you commit adultery? And will you swear {falsely}? And will you make a smoke offering to the Baal? And will you go after other gods whom you have not known?
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Cross References
Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust in {the deceitful words}, {saying}, 'The temple of Yahweh, the temple of Yahweh, they [are] the temple of Yahweh.'
Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, "We have {made} a covenant with death, and we have made an agreement with Sheol. [The] overwhelming flood, when it passes through, will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves in falsehood."
Isaiah 30:10
who say to those who do see, "You must not see!" and to the seers, "You must not see truth for us; speak smooth things to us, see illusions,
Jeremiah 4:10
Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh, surely you have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'It will be peace for you,' while the sword reaches up to the throat."
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy {falsely}, and the priests rule {by their own authority}, and my people love [it] so much. But what will you do {when the end comes}?
Jeremiah 8:10
Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to conquerors, because from [the] smallest to [the] greatest, all of them make profit [for] unlawful gain, from prophet to priest, all of them practice deceit.
Jeremiah 14:13-14
Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh, look, the prophets [are] saying to them, 'You will not see [the] sword, and famine will not be yours, but reliable peace I will give to you in this place.'"
Jeremiah 23:14-16
And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible. They commit adultery, and they walk in lies, and they make strong [the] hands of evildoers, [so] that they have not turned back each from his wickedness. All of them have become to me like Sodom, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:26
{How long} [will] this be in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy lies, even the prophets of the deceitfulness of their hearts,
Jeremiah 23:32
Look, I [am] against those who prophesy dreams of lies," {declares} Yahweh, "and tell them, and they caused my people to err through their lies, and in their recklessness, when I myself have not sent them nor commanded them, so they profit not this people at all," {declares} Yahweh.
Ezekiel 13:6-16
They saw falseness and {a lying divination}, the ones saying, 'Declaration of Yahweh!' and Yahweh did not send them, and they wait {for the confirmation of their word}.