Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And
Because every
And every neighbor
King James Version
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Holman Bible
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.
International Standard Version
"Beware of your neighbors, and don't trust any of your relatives. For all of your relatives act deceitfully, and every friend goes around as a slanderer.
A Conservative Version
Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
American Standard Version
Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
Amplified
“Let everyone beware of his neighbor
And do not trust any brother.
For every brother is a supplanter [like Jacob, a deceiver, ready to grab his brother’s heel],
And every neighbor goes around as a slanderer.
Bible in Basic English
Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.
Darby Translation
Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.
Julia Smith Translation
Watch ye each from his neighbor, and to any brother ye shall not trust, for every brother deceiving, will deceive, and every neighbor will go tale-bearing.
King James 2000
Take you heed everyone of his neighbor, and trust you not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Let everyone be on your guard against his neighbor, and you must not trust in any brother, for everyone surely betrays, and every neighbor goes about [with] slander.
Modern King James verseion
Everyone beware of his neighbor, and do not trust any brother! For every brother will supplant his neighbor, and will walk with slanders.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, one must keep himself from another; no man may safely trust his own brother. For one brother undermineth another, and one neighbour begileth another.
NET Bible
Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.
New Heart English Bible
"Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
The Emphasized Bible
Every one, of his neighbour, beware ye, And in no brother, may ye trust, - For, every brother, supplanteth! And every neighbour, as a tale-bearer, goeth about;
Webster
Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.
World English Bible
Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
Youngs Literal Translation
Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,
Themes
Alertness » What to be aware of
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Backbiting
Evil » Slander » General references to
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Slander » General references to
Slander » The wicked addicted to
Topics
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 9:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Nation Characterized By Deceit
3
They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the LORD.
4
And
Because every
And every neighbor
Cross References
Jeremiah 6:28
They are all stubbornly rebellious, going about with slanders; they are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.
Jeremiah 12:6
For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you."
Micah 7:5-6
Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms;
Genesis 27:35-36
But he said, "Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing."
Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.
Psalm 15:3
who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
Proverbs 10:18
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
Proverbs 26:24-25
Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
Genesis 32:28
Then he said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed."
Psalm 12:2-3
Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
Psalm 55:11-12
ruin is in its midst; oppression and fraud do not depart from its marketplace.
Proverbs 6:16
There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him:
Proverbs 6:19
a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.
Proverbs 25:18
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow.
Ezekiel 22:9
There are men in you who slander to shed blood, and people in you who eat on the mountains; they commit lewdness in your midst.
Matthew 10:17
Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues,
Matthew 10:21
Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,
Matthew 10:34-35
"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Luke 21:16
You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death.
1 Thessalonians 4:6
that no one transgress and wrong his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.
1 Peter 2:1-2
So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.