KJV King James Version
How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
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Jeremiah 8:8
How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?
WEB World English Bible
How do you say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.
ASV American Standard Version
How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
How do ye say, We are wise, And the law of Jehovah is with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 8
5 Why [then] is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
6 I hearkened and heard, [but] they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
7 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
8 How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
9 The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?
10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, [and] their fields to them that shall inherit [them]: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אֵיכָ֤הH349 · ekhhow?תֹֽאמְרוּ֙H559 · a.marto sayחֲכָמִ֣יםH2450 · cha.khamwiseאֲנַ֔חְנוּH587 · a.nach.nuweוְתוֹרַ֥תH8451 · to.rahinstructionיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאִתָּ֑נוּH854 · etwithאָכֵן֙H403 · a.khensurelyהִנֵּ֣הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdלַשֶּׁ֣קֶרH8267 · she.qerdeceptionעָשָׂ֔הH6213 · a.sahto make: doעֵ֖טH5842 · etstylusשֶׁ֥קֶרH8267 · she.qerdeceptionסֹפְרִֽים׃H5608 · sa.pharto recount
Cross-references
John 9:41Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.Isaiah 10:1-2Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness [which] they have prescribed;Job 5:12-13He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform [their] enterprise.1 Corinthians 3:18-20Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.Romans 1:22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,Matthew 15:6And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.Job 12:20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.Psalm 147:19He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.Job 11:12For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass’s colt.Hosea 8:12I have written to him the great things of my law, [but] they were counted as a strange thing.Romans 2:17-29Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,Proverbs 17:6Children’s children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.
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