Jeremiah 5:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay in wait, as he who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Among My people are wicked men. They lie in wait like those who set traps; they set deadly snares to catch people.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For among my people{H5971} are found{H4672} wicked{H7563} men: they watch,{H7918} as fowlers{H3353} lie in wait;{H7789} they set{H5324} a trap,{H4889} they catch{H3920} men.{H582}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For among my people{H5971} are found{H4672}{(H8738)} wicked{H7563} men: they lay wait{H7789}{(H8799)}, as he that setteth{H7918}{(H8800)} snares{H3353}; they set{H5324}{(H8689)} a trap{H4889}, they catch{H3920}{(H8799)} men{H582}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For amonge my people are founde wicked personnes, that priuely laye snares and waite for men, to take them, and destroye them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For among my people are founde wicked persons, that lay waite as hee that setteth snares: they haue made a pit, to catch men.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For among my people are found wicked persons, that priuily lay snares and wayte for men, to take them and destroy them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.
  • Ezek 22:2-9 : 2 Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Yes, you shall show her all her abominations. 3 Then say, Thus says the Lord GOD, The city sheds blood in its midst, that her time may come, and makes idols against herself to defile herself. 4 You have become guilty by the blood that you have shed, and have defiled yourself with your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and have come even to your years: therefore I have made you a reproach to the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. 5 Those who are near, and those who are far from you, shall mock you, who are infamous and much vexed. 6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one, were in you using their power to shed blood. 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt: in your midst they have dealt oppressively with the stranger: in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow. 8 You have despised My holy things, and have profaned My sabbaths. 9 In you are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in you they eat on the mountains: in the midst of you they commit lewdness. 10 In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in you they have humbled her who was set apart for impurity. 11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter. 12 In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, says the Lord GOD.
  • Hab 1:14-15 : 14 You make men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler over them. 15 They take up all of them with a hook, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragnet; therefore they rejoice and are glad.
  • Luke 5:10 : 10 And so were also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from now on you will catch men.
  • Prov 1:17-18 : 17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. 18 And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.
  • Isa 58:1 : 1 Cry aloud, do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • 1 Sam 19:10-11 : 10 And Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he drove the javelin into the wall; and David fled and escaped that night. 11 Saul also sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning; and Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed.
  • Ps 10:9-9 : 9 He lies in wait secretly, as a lion in his den; he lies in wait to catch the poor; he catches the poor when he draws him into his net. 10 He crouches and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
  • Ps 64:5 : 5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter; they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who shall see them?

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    3 For, look, they lie in wait for my life; the mighty are gathered against me, not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD.

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    74%

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  • Prov 23:28
    74%

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    22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.

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  • Ps 11:2
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  • Ps 35:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.

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    15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.

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    8 Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

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    32 The wicked watch the righteous, and seek to slay him.

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    72%

    12 For the rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

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    72%

    9 Woe to him who covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

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    2 verses
    72%

    5 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.

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

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    71%

    10 Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden fear troubles you;

  • Jer 5:25
    71%

    25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.

  • Prov 11:6
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    6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but transgressors shall be captured by their own evil.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

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    6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10 in whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

  • Prov 4:16
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    16 For they do not sleep unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

  • Hos 6:9
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  • Ps 35:20
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    20 For they speak not peace; but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land.

  • Amos 5:12
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    12 For I know your many transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

  • Jer 5:6
    70%

    6 Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: everyone that goes out from there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings have increased.