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Isaiah 29:13

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13The Lord said:

These people approach me with their speechesm

to honor me with lip-service,E

yet their hearts are far from me,

and human rules direct their worship of me.F

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Footnotes

  1. E their mouth and honor me with its lips
  2. F their fearing of me is a taught command of men

Cross references

  1. mEzk 33:31; Mt 15:8–9; Mk 7:6–7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the Lord said:

“Because this people draw near with their mouth

and honor me with their lips,

while their hearts are far from me,

and their fear of me is a commandment taught by men,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord says:

“These people come near to me with their mouth

and honor me with their lips,

but their hearts are far from me.

Their worship of me

is based on merely human rules they have been taught.

NLTNew Living Translation

And so the Lord says,

“These people say they are mine.

They honor me with their lips,

but their hearts are far from me.

And their worship of me

is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the Lord said,

“Because this people draw near with its mouth,

and with its lips it honors me,

and its heart is far from me,

and their fear of me is a commandment of men that has been taught,

KJV 1900King James Version

Wherefore the Lord said,

Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth,

And with their lips do honour me,

But have removed their heart far from me,

And their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: