Parallel Verses

King James Version

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

New American Standard Bible

Then I sent a message to him saying, “Such things as you are saying have not been done, but you are inventing them in your own mind.”

Holman Bible

Then I replied to him, “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”

International Standard Version

I sent word back to him, "Nothing has happened as you've claimed. You're making up these charges in your imagination."

A Conservative Version

Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou say, but thou imagine them out of thine own heart.

American Standard Version

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

Amplified

I sent a message to him, saying, “Such things as you are saying have not been done; you are inventing them in your own mind.”

Bible in Basic English

Then I sent to him, saying, No such things as you say are being done, they are only a fiction you have made up yourself.

Darby Translation

And I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.

Julia Smith Translation

And I shall send to him saying, It was not according to these words which thou sayest, for from thy heart thou feignest them.

King James 2000

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you invent them out of your own heart.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So I sent to him saying, "None of these words you have spoken has happened. You are indeed saying [things] created in your own mind"--

Modern King James verseion

And I sent to him saying, These things which you are saying are not happening, but you pretend them out of your own heart.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Nevertheless, I sent unto him, saying, "There is no such thing done as thou sayest: thou hast feigned it out of thine own heart."

NET Bible

I sent word back to him, "We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. All of this is a figment of your imagination."

New Heart English Bible

Then I sent to him, saying, "There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart."

The Emphasized Bible

Then sent I unto him, saying, Nothing hath been done, according to these words, which thou art saying, - but, out of thine own heart, art thou feigning them.

Webster

Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thy own heart.

World English Bible

Then I sent to him, saying, "There are no such things done as you say, but you imagine them out of your own heart."

Youngs Literal Translation

And I send unto him, saying, 'It hath not been according to these words that thou art saying, for from thine own heart thou art devising them;'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

as thou sayest

Usage: 0

but thou feignest
בּדא 
Bada' 
Usage: 2

References

Morish

Context Readings

Enemies Foiled

7 And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. 9 For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.

Cross References

Job 13:4

But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

Psalm 52:2

Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

Psalm 38:12

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Isaiah 59:4

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Daniel 11:27

And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

Matthew 12:34

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Acts 24:12-13

And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

Acts 25:7

And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.

Acts 25:10

Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.

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