Parallel Verses
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 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 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.
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
Images Jeremiah 9:5
Prayers for Jeremiah 9:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Nation Characterized By Deceit
4 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. 5 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. 6 They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me," says the Lord.
Cross References
Micah 6:12
The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.
Genesis 19:11
Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.
Job 11:3
Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock?
Job 15:5
Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.
Psalm 7:14
See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies --
Psalm 50:19
You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.
Psalm 64:3
They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge,
Psalm 140:3
Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper's venom is behind their lips. (Selah)
Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
Isaiah 5:18
Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.
Isaiah 41:6-7
They help one another; one says to the other, 'Be strong!'
Isaiah 44:12-14
A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired.
Isaiah 57:10
Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say, 'I give up.' You get renewed energy, so you don't collapse.
Isaiah 59:13-15
We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds.
Jeremiah 9:3
The Lord says, "These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.
Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them.
Ezekiel 24:12
It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire!
Micah 6:3
"My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!
Habakkuk 2:13
Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations' efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.
Ephesians 4:25
Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
1 Timothy 4:2
influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.