Jeremiah 8:8 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁸ “How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us’? But behold, the false pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ How can you say, We are wise, and we have the written law of the Lord [and are learned in its language and teachings]? Behold, the truth is, the lying pen of the scribes has made of the law a falsehood (a mere code of ceremonial observances). [Mark 7:13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.

Common English Bible

⁸ How can you say, “We are wise; we possess the LORD’s Instruction,” when the lying pen of the scribes has surely distorted it?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ How can you say: 'We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?' Truly, the lying pen of the scribes has wrought falsehood.

Jeremiah 8:8 Cross References

Job 11:12

But a stupid man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.

Job 12:20

He deprives of speech those who are trusted, and takes away the discernment of the elders.

Psalm 147:19

He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and ordinances to Israel.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of sons is their fathers.

Isaiah 43:27

Your first father sinned, and your mediators transgressed against me.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not heed any of his words.”

Jeremiah 19:7

And in this place I will make void the plans of Judah and Jerusalem, and will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life. I will give their dead bodies for food to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord?’ Those who handle the law did not know me; the rulers transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal, and went after things that do not profit.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are stupid children, they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but how to do good they know not.”

Jeremiah 48:14

“How do you say, ‘We are heroes and mighty men of war’?

Hosea 8:12

Were I to write for him my laws by ten thousands, they would be regarded as a strange thing.

Matthew 15:6

So, for the sake of your tradition, you have made void the word of God.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,