Jeremiah 23:31 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³¹ Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³¹ Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³¹ Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their [own deceitful] tongues and say, Thus says the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

³¹ Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

Common English Bible

³¹ I’m against the prophets who carelessly deliver oracles, declares the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³¹ Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who take up their tongues and say: 'The Lord says it.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³¹ Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord: who use their tongues and say: The Lord saith it.

Jeremiah 23:31 Cross References

1 Kings 22:11

And Zedeki´ah the son of Chena´anah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

2 Chronicles 18:5

Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ra´moth–gil´e-ad to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand.

Isaiah 30:10

which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

Jeremiah 23:17

They say still unto them that despise me, The Lord hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

Jeremiah 23:30

Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words every one from his neighbor.

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 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 28:17

So Hanani´ah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.

Micah 2:11

If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

Deuteronomy 18:20

But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.