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Jeremiah 8:5

Why then has this people zturned away

in perpetual abacksliding?

bThey hold fast to deceit;

they refuse to return.

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Jeremiah 8:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

Why then have these people turned away?

Why does Jerusalem always turn away?

They cling to deceit;

they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 8:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 8:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Then why do these people stay on their self-destructive path?

Why do the people of Jerusalem refuse to turn back?

They cling tightly to their lies

and will not turn around.

Jeremiah 8:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Why has this people slidden back,

Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding?

They hold fast to deceit,

They refuse to return.

Jeremiah 8:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

Why, then, have the people of Jerusalem gone the wrong way

and not turned back?

They believe their own lies

and refuse to turn around and come back.

Jeremiah 8:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 8:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 8:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The people of Jerusalem turned away from me without ever returning. 

They still cling to deceit. 

They refuse to return. 

Jeremiah 8:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Why have these people turned away?

Why is Jerusalem always turning away?

They take hold of deceit;

they refuse to return.

Jeremiah 8:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Why then has this people turned away

in perpetual backsliding?

They have held fast to deceit,

they have refused to return.

Jeremiah 8:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in enduring apostasy?

They have kept hold of deceit, they have refused to return.

Jeremiah 8:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Then why have the people of Jerusalem turned away from me?

Why do they always turn away?

They keep on telling lies.

They refuse to come back to me.

Jeremiah 8:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Why then has this people, Jerusalem,

Turned away in continual apostasy?

They hold fast to deceit,

They refuse to return.


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