Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.

New American Standard Bible

“Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the Lord.

King James Version

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

Holman Bible

You live in a world of deception.
In their deception they refuse to know Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

International Standard Version

You yourself live in the midst of deception, and because they are deceived they do not know me," declares the LORD.

A Conservative Version

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says LORD.

American Standard Version

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

Amplified


“Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit];
Through deceit they refuse to know (understand) Me,” says the Lord.

Darby Translation

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

Thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit; by deceit they refused to know me, says Jehovah.

King James 2000

Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says the LORD.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Your dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, upon deceit they refuse to know me," {declares} Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, says Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They have set their stole in the midst of deceit, and for very dissembling falsity they will not know me, sayeth the LORD.

NET Bible

They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me," says the Lord.

New Heart English Bible

Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me," says the LORD.

The Emphasized Bible

Thy dwelling, is in the midst of deceit, - Through deceit, have they rejected the knowledge of, me, Declareth Yahweh.

Webster

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

World English Bible

Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.

Youngs Literal Translation

thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

is in the midst
תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

of deceit
מרמה 
Mirmah 
Usage: 39

מאן 
Ma'en 
Usage: 41

me, saith
נאם 
N@'um 
Usage: 376

Context Readings

A Nation Characterized By Deceit

5 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. 6 There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord. 7 So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will make them soft in the fire and put them to the test; this I will do because of their evil-doing.

Cross References

Job 21:14-15

Though they said to God, Go away from us, for we have no desire for the knowledge of your ways.

Proverbs 1:24

Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

Jeremiah 13:10

These evil people who say they will not give ear to my words, who go on in the pride of their hearts and have become servants and worshippers of other gods, will become like this band which is of no use for anything.

John 3:19-20

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

Proverbs 1:29

For they were haters of knowledge, and did not give their hearts to the fear of the Lord:

Jeremiah 5:27

As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.

Jeremiah 11:19

But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, Come, let us make a design against Jeremiah; for teaching will never be cut off from the priest, or wisdom from the wise, or the word from the prophet. Come, let us make use of his words for an attack on him, and let us give attention with care to what he says.

Jeremiah 20:10

For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.

Hosea 4:6

Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.

Romans 1:28

And because they had not the mind to keep God in their knowledge, God gave them up to an evil mind, to do those things which are not right;

1 Corinthians 15:34

Be awake to righteousness and keep yourselves from sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I say this to put you to shame.

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