Jeremiah 8:5
Jeremiah 8:5 — The New International Version (NIV)
5 Why then have these people turned away?
Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;
they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 8:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)
5 Why then has this people turned away
in perpetual backsliding?
They hold fast to deceit;
they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 8:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 8:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)
5 Then why do these people stay on their self-destructive path?
Why do the people of Jerusalem refuse to turn back?
They cling tightly to their lies
and will not turn around.
Jeremiah 8:5 — New Century Version (NCV)
5 Why, then, have the people of Jerusalem gone the wrong way
and not turned back?
They believe their own lies
and refuse to turn around and come back.
Jeremiah 8:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)
5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 8:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
5 Why hath this people of Jerusalem slidden back with a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 8:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
5 The people of Jerusalem turned away from me without ever returning.
They still cling to deceit.
They refuse to return.
Jeremiah 8:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
5 Why have these people turned away?
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;
they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 8:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
5 Why then has this people turned away
in perpetual backsliding?
They have held fast to deceit,
they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 8:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
5 Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in enduring apostasy?
They have kept hold of deceit, they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 8:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
5 Then why have the people of Jerusalem turned away from me?
Why do they always turn away?
They keep on telling lies.
They refuse to come back to me.
Jeremiah 8:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
5 “Why then has this people, Jerusalem,
Turned away in continual apostasy?
They hold fast to deceit,
They refuse to return.