Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.
New American Standard Bible
Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
But there is no peace.
King James Version
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Holman Bible
of My dear
claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
International Standard Version
They have treated my people's wound superficially, telling them, "Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.
A Conservative Version
And they have lightly healed the hurt of the daughter of my people, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.
American Standard Version
And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Amplified
“For they have treated the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially,
Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
When there is no peace.
Bible in Basic English
And they have made little of the wounds of the daughter of Zion, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will heal the breaking of the daughter of my people by making light of, saying, Peace, peace; and no peace.
King James 2000
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they have treated the wound of the daughter of my people lightly, {saying}, 'Peace, peace,' but there is no peace.
Modern King James verseion
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Nevertheless, they heal the hurt of my people with sweet words, saying, 'Peace, peace,' where there is no peace at all.
NET Bible
They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say, "Everything will be all right!" But everything is not all right!
New Heart English Bible
They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, "Peace, peace;" when there is no peace.
The Emphasized Bible
And so they have healed the grievous wound of the daughter of my people, slightly, - Saying, Peace! peace! when there was no peace!
Webster
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
World English Bible
They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 8:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Punishment For Judah's Leaders
10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess them; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. 11 And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace. 12 Are they ashamed that they have committed abomination? Nay, they are not at all ashamed, and they know not how to blush. Therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall stumble, saith Jehovah.
Cross References
Jeremiah 6:14
And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.
Lamentations 2:14
Thy prophets have seen vanity and folly for thee; and they have not revealed thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee burdens of falsehood and causes of expulsion.
1 Kings 22:6
And the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and the Lord will give it into the king's hand.
1 Kings 22:13
And the messenger that went to call Micah spoke to him saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak good.
Jeremiah 14:14-15
And Jehovah said unto me, The prophets prophesy falsehood in my name; I have not sent them, neither have I commanded them, nor spoken unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision, and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.
Jeremiah 27:9-10
And ye, hearken not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak unto you saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah 28:3-9
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;
Ezekiel 13:10-16
Because, yea because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace! and there is no peace; and one buildeth up a wall, and lo, they daub it with untempered mortar --
Ezekiel 13:22
Because with falsehood ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and have strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, to save his life:
Micah 2:11
If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall be the prophet of this people.