Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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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Verse Info
Context Readings
A Nation Characterized By Deceit
4 Everyone beware of his neighbor, and do not trust any brother! For every brother will supplant his neighbor, and will walk with slanders. 5 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. 6 Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, says Jehovah.
Cross References
Micah 6:12
For its rich men are full of violence, and its people have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Genesis 19:11
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
Job 11:3
Should your lies make men silent? And will you mock and no one make you ashamed?
Job 15:5
For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
Psalm 7:14
Behold, he labors in pain with iniquity, and he has conceived mischief, and has brought forth falsehood.
Psalm 50:19
You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, they tread their arrows, even a bitter word,
Psalm 140:3
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 4:16
For they do not sleep, except when they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.
Isaiah 5:18
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin with cart ropes;
Isaiah 41:6-7
They each one helped his neighbor, and said to his brother, Be strong.
Isaiah 44:12-14
He engraves iron with a tool. He works in the coals, and forms it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms. Then, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is weak.
Isaiah 57:10
You are wearied in the length of your way; you did not say, Despair! You found life in your hand; so you were not weak.
Isaiah 59:13-15
in transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and going away from our God, talking cruelty and revolt, conceiving and speaking from the heart words of falsehood.
Jeremiah 9:3
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies. But they are not mighty for the truth on the earth; for they go from evil to evil, and they do not know Me, says Jehovah.
Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is a slaughtering arrow; it speaks deceit; one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he lies in ambush.
Ezekiel 24:12
She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum did not go out from her. Her scum shall be in the fire.
Micah 6:3
O My people, what have I done to you? And in what have I made you weary? Testify against Me!
Habakkuk 2:13
Behold, is it not for Jehovah of Hosts that the people labor only for fire; yea, the nations weary themselves only for vanity?
Ephesians 4:25
Therefore putting away lying, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
1 Timothy 4:2
speaking lies in hypocrisy, being seared in their own conscience,