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Jeremiah 5:26–28

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26‘For wicked men are found among My people,

They awatch like fowlers 1lying in wait;

They set a trap,

They catch men.

27‘Like a cage full of birds,

So their houses are full of adeceit;

Therefore they have become great and rich.

28‘They are afat, they are sleek,

They also 1excel in deeds of wickedness;

They do not plead the cause,

The cause of the 2borphan, that they may prosper;

And they do not 3defend the rights of the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Perhaps, crouching down
  2. 1Lit pass over, or, overlook deeds
  3. 2Or fatherless
  4. 3Lit judge

Cross references

  1. aPs 10:9; Prov 1:11; Jer 18:22; Hab 1:15
  2. aJer 9:6
  3. aDeut 32:15
  4. bIs 1:23; Jer 7:6; 22:3; Zech 7:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For wicked men are found among my people;

they lurk like fowlers lying in wait.

They set a trap;

they catch men.

Like a cage full of birds,

their houses are full of deceit;

therefore they have become great and rich;

they have grown fat and sleek.

They know no bounds in deeds of evil;

they judge not with justice

the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,

and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

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.

Like cages full of birds,

their houses are full of deceit;

they have become rich and powerful

and have grown fat and sleek.

Their evil deeds have no limit;

they do not seek justice.

They do not promote the case of the fatherless;

they do not defend the just cause of the poor.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for wicked men live among my people.

They watch like hunters lying in wait.

They set a trap;

they catch men.

Like a cage full of birds,

so their houses are full of deceit.

Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

They have become fat and sleek.

They have also excelled in evil matters.

They have not taken up cases,

such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper,

and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

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.

Like a cage filled with birds,

their homes are filled with evil plots.

And now they are great and rich.

They are fat and sleek,

and there is no limit to their wicked deeds.

They refuse to provide justice to orphans

and deny the rights of the poor.

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.

Like a cage full of birds,

so their houses are full of fraud.

Therefore they have become great,

and they have become rich.

They have grown fat,

they have grown sleek,

also, their evil deeds have no limit.

They do not judge with justice,

the legal cause of the orphan,

or allow it to succeed,

and the legal case of the poor,

they do not defend.

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. As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.