Jeremiah 23:21 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

²¹ I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ I did not send these [false] prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

Common English Bible

²¹ I didn’t send the prophets, yet they ran anyway. I didn’t speak to them, yet they prophesied anyway.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ "I did not send these prophets, yet they hurry forward. I was not speaking to them, yet they were prophesying.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²¹ I did not send prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

Jeremiah 23:21 Cross References

Isaiah 6:8

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

Jeremiah 14:14

Then the Lord said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

Jeremiah 23:32

Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 27:14

Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

Jeremiah 27:15

For I have not sent them, saith the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.

Jeremiah 28:15

Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hanani´ah the prophet, Hear now, Hanani´ah; The Lord hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 29:31

Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord concerning Shemai´ah the Nehel´amite; Because that Shemai´ah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:

Jeremiah 29:8

For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

Jeremiah 29:9

For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord.

John 20:21

Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Acts 13:4

So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleu´cia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

Romans 10:15

and how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!