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Jeremiah 8:11

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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Jeremiah 8:11 — The New International Version (NIV)

11 They dress the wound of my people

as though it were not serious.

“Peace, peace,” they say,

when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 — English Standard Version (ESV)

11 They have healed the wound of my people lightly,

saying, ‘Peace, peace,’

when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 — New Living Translation (NLT)

11 They offer superficial treatments

for my people’s mortal wound.

They give assurances of peace

when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly,

Saying, ‘Peace, peace!’

When there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 — New Century Version (NCV)

11 They tried to heal my people’s serious injuries

as if they were small wounds.

They said, “It’s all right, it’s all right.”

But really, it is not all right.

Jeremiah 8:11 — American Standard Version (ASV)

11 And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

11 And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

11 They treat my dear people’s wounds 

as though they were not serious, saying, 

“Everything is alright! Everything is alright!” 

But it’s not alright. 

Jeremiah 8:11 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

11 They have treated superficially the brokenness

of My dear people,

claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’

when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

11 They have treated the wound of my people carelessly,

saying, “Peace, peace,”

when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

11 And they have treated the wound of the daughter of my people lightly,

saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ but there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

11 They bandage the wounds of my people

as if they were not very deep.

‘Peace, peace,’ they say.

But there isn’t any peace.

Jeremiah 8:11 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

11 “They heal the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially,

Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’

But there is no peace.


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