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Jeremiah 5:26

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26For 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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Footnotes

  1. 1The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

Cross references

  1. r[Prov. 1:11]
  2. sPs. 10:9; [Ps. 124:7]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Among my people are the wicked

who lie in wait like men who snare birds

and like those who set traps to catch people.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for wicked men live among my people.

They watch like hunters lying in wait.

They set a trap;

they catch men.

NLTNew Living Translation

“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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King 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.