| Jeremiah 5:31 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it? (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | Prophets prophesy lies. Priests rule under the prophets' directions, and my people love this. But what will you do in the end?"(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? |
| ASV: | the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? |
| BBE: | The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end? |
| DBY: | the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof? |
| ERV: | the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? |
| JPS: | The prophets prophesy in the service of falsehood, and the priests bear rule at their beck; and My people love to have it so; what then will ye do in the end thereof? |
| WBS: | The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? |
| WEB: | the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end of it? |
| YLT: | The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved it so, And what do they at its latter end? |
| Jeremiah 5:31 Cross References |
| XREF: | Ezekiel 13:6 "They see falsehood and lying divination who are saying, 'The LORD declares,' when the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word.
Micah 2:11 "If a man walking after wind and falsehood Had told lies and said, 'I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,' He would be spokesman to this people. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 5:31 The {u} prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in its end?
(u) Meaning that there could be nothing but disorder, where the ministers were wicked and corrupt. |
| MHC: | 5:19-31 Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If men will inquire wherefore the Lord doeth hard things unto them, let them think of their sins. The restless waves obeyed the Divine decree, that they should not pass the sandy shores, which were as much a restraint as lofty mountains; but they burst all restraints of God's law, and were wholly gone into wickedness. Neither did they consider their interest. While the Lord, year after year, reserves to us the appointed weeks of harvest, men live on his bounty; yet they transgress against him. Sin deprives us of God's blessings; it makes the heaven as brass, and the earth as iron. Certainly the things of this world are not the best things; and we are not to think, that, because evil men prosper, God allows their practices. Though sentence against evil works is not executed speedily, it will be executed. Shall I not visit for these things? This speaks the certainty and the necessity of God's judgments. Let those who walk in bad ways consider that an end will come, and there will be bitterness in the latter end. |
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