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Jeremiah 5:4

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5:4I thought, “Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way.14

They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands.15

They do not know what their God requires of them.16

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Footnotes

  1. 14 Heb “Surely they are poor.” The translation is intended to make clear the explicit contrasts and qualifications drawn in this verse and the next.
  2. 15 Heb “the way of the Lord.”
  3. 16 Heb “the judgment [or ordinance] of their God.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then I said, “These are only the poor;

they have no sense;

for they do not know the way of the Lord,

the justice of their God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I thought, “These are only the poor;

they are foolish,

for they do not know the way of the Lord,

the requirements of their God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then I thought:

They are just the poor;

they have been foolish.

For they don’t understand the way of the Lord,

the justice of their God.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then I said, “But what can we expect from the poor?

They are ignorant.

They don’t know the ways of the Lord.

They don’t understand God’s laws.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then I said, “They are just simple people,

they are foolish,

for they know not the way of Yahweh,

the law of their God.

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God.