Jeremiah 5:26 “For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in w…”

Jeremiah 5:26

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“For”

Ezekiel 22:2–12 Jeremiah 4:22 Isaiah 58:1

Ezekiel 22:2–12 · BSB

“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominations

Jeremiah 4:22 · BSB

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

Isaiah 58:1 · BSB

“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.

“lay wait”

Proverbs 1:11 Psalm 64:5 Jeremiah 18:22 1 Samuel 19:10 1 Samuel 19:11 Psalm 10:9

Proverbs 1:11 · BSB

If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

Psalm 64:5 · BSB

They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

Jeremiah 18:22 · BSB

Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

1 Samuel 19:10 · BSB

Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.

1 Samuel 19:11 · BSB

Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

Psalm 10:9 · BSB

He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.

“catch”

Luke 5:10

Luke 5:10 · BSB

and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.

27Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

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