Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And everyone deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak [the] truth, they have taught their tongues to speak lies, they are tired [from] going astray.
New American Standard Bible
And does not speak the truth,
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They
King James Version
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Holman Bible
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.
International Standard Version
People deceive their friends, and they don't tell the truth. They have taught their tongues to tell lies. They exhaust themselves practicing evil.
A Conservative Version
And they will deceive each one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
American Standard Version
And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Amplified
“Everyone deceives and mocks his neighbor
And does not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They exhaust themselves with sin and cruelty.
Bible in Basic English
Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.
Darby Translation
And they act deceitfully every one with his neighbour, and speak not the truth: they teach their tongue to speak falsehood, they weary themselves with perverse dealing.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will mock, a man upon his neighbor, and they will not speak the truth: they taught their tongue to speak falsehood, they wearied themselves to sin.
King James 2000
And they will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Modern King James verseion
And everyone will deceive his neighbor and will not speak the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, one dissesembleth with another, and they deal with no truth. They have practiced their tongues to lie, and taken great pains to do mischief.
NET Bible
One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent.
New Heart English Bible
They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
The Emphasized Bible
Yea, every one, of his neighbour, maketh a dupe, And, truth, they do not speak, - They have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, In acting perversely, they have wearied themselves.
Webster
And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
World English Bible
They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Youngs Literal Translation
And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.
Themes
Alertness » What to be aware of
Deceit » The wicked full of » The prevalence of
Deceit » The wicked » Use, to each other
Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Truth » Adaption of » Attitude of wicked toward
Truth » Attitude of the wicked toward
Truth » The wicked » Punished for want of
Truth » The evil people » Punished for want of
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 9:5
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Prayers for Jeremiah 9:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Nation Characterized By Deceit
4 "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. 5 And everyone deceives his neighbor, and they do not speak [the] truth, they have taught their tongues to speak lies, they are tired [from] going astray. 6 Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, upon deceit they refuse to know me," {declares} Yahweh.
Cross References
Micah 6:12
Because her rich are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
Genesis 19:11
And the men who [were] at the entrance of the house they struck with blindness, both small and great, and they were unable to find the entrance.
Job 11:3
Should your loose talk put people to silence? {And when you mock, shall no one put you to shame}?
Job 15:5
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose [the] tongue of [the] crafty.
Psalm 7:14
See, he travails with evil. He is pregnant with trouble, and he gives birth to deception.
Psalm 50:19
You give your mouth free rein for evil, and you harness your tongue to deceit.
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword. They bend [their bow to shoot] their arrows--bitter words,
Psalm 140:3
They sharpen their tongue as [sharp as] a snake's; [the] venom of a viper [is] under their lips. Selah
Proverbs 4:16
For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.
Isaiah 5:18
Ah! Those who drag iniquity along with the cords of falsehood and sin as with rope of the cart,
Isaiah 41:6-7
Each one helps his neighbor; he says to his brother, "Take courage!"
Isaiah 44:12-14
[The] {ironsmith} works in the coals [with his] tool and forms it with hammers. And he makes it with {his strong arm}; indeed, he becomes hungry, and {he lacks} strength; he does not drink water, and he is faint.
Isaiah 57:10
You grow weary by the greatness of your way, [but] you did not say, 'Despairing!' You found the {renewal} of your {strength}, therefore you do not grow weak.
Isaiah 59:13-15
transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning {away from following} our God; speaking oppression and falsehood, conceiving and uttering words of deception from [the] heart.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongue [like] their bow, [for] falsehood and not truth is superior in the land, for they go forth from evil to evil, and they do not know me," {declares} Yahweh.
Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue [is] a murderous arrow, it speaks deceit. With his mouth he speaks peace with his neighbor, but in his inner parts he sets up his ambush.
Ezekiel 24:12
[Through] effort she has caused weariness; {its thick rust} went not [out of] it. Its rust! Into [the] fire [with] its rust!
Micah 6:3
"O my people, what have I done to you, and how have I wearied you? Answer me!
Habakkuk 2:13
Look! [Is it] not from Yahweh of hosts that people labor for mere fire, and nations exhaust themselves for mere vanity?
Ephesians 4:25
Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor, because we are members of one another.
1 Timothy 4:2
by the hypocrisy of liars, who are seared in their own conscience,