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Modern King James verseion
Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot do any good.
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, you [are] relying for yourselves on {deceitful words} without benefiting.
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
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Jeremiah's Proclamation At The Gate Of The House Of Yahweh
7 then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, forever and ever. 8 Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot do any good. 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know;
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Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust in lying words, saying, The temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah are these.
Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and we have made a vision with hell; when the overwhelming rod shall pass through, it shall not come to us; for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves under falsehood,
Isaiah 30:10
who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy falsehood;
Jeremiah 4:10
Then I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! Surely You have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; but the sword reaches to the soul.
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 you do at the end of it?
Jeremiah 8:10
Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall inherit them, for everyone from the least even to the greatest cuts off a profit. From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
Jeremiah 14:13-14
Then I said, Ah, O Lord Jehovah! Behold, the prophets are saying to them, You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine; but I will give you true peace in this place.
Jeremiah 23:14-16
I have also seen in the prophets of Jerusalem a horrible thing; they commit adultery and walk in falsehood. They also strengthen to the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his evil; they are all of them like Sodom to Me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:26
How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets who prophesy lies? But they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart,
Jeremiah 23:32
Jehovah says, Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams and tell them, and cause My people to go astray by their lies and by their lightness. Yet I did not send them nor command them; therefore they shall not profit this people at all, says Jehovah.
Ezekiel 13:6-16
They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, Jehovah says. And Jehovah has not sent them; but they hoped to confirm their word.