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Jeremiah 5:26

26  For wicked men are found among my people;

rthey lurk like fowlers lying in wait.1

sThey set a trap;

they catch men.

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Jeremiah 5:26 — The New International Version (NIV)

26 “Among my people are the wicked

who lie in wait like men who snare birds

and like those who set traps to catch people.

Jeremiah 5:26 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Jeremiah 5:26 — New Living Translation (NLT)

26 “Among my people are wicked men

who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind.

They continually set traps

to catch people.

Jeremiah 5:26 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

26 ‘For among My people are found wicked men;

They lie in wait as one who sets snares;

They set a trap;

They catch men.

Jeremiah 5:26 — New Century Version (NCV)

26 There are wicked men among my people.

Like those who make nets for catching birds,

they set their traps to catch people.

Jeremiah 5:26 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Jeremiah 5:26 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Jeremiah 5:26 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

26 “Wicked people are found among my people. 

They lie in ambush like bird catchers. 

They set traps and catch people. 

Jeremiah 5:26 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

26 for wicked men live among My people.

They watch like fowlers lying in wait.

They set a trap;

they catch men.

Jeremiah 5:26 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

26 For scoundrels are found among my people;

they take over the goods of others.

Like fowlers they set a trap;

they catch human beings.

Jeremiah 5:26 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

26 For wicked people are found among my people,

they lie in wait like the hiding of fowlers,

they set up a trap,

they catch humans.

Jeremiah 5:26 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

26 “Jeremiah, some of my people are evil.

They hide and wait just as people hide to catch birds.

They set traps for men.

Jeremiah 5:26 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

26 ‘For wicked men are found among My people,

They watch like fowlers lying in wait;

They set a trap,

They catch men.


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