Jeremiah 5:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁶ For the wicked are found among my people. They lie in wait like hunters; destroyers, they catch humans.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ For among My people are found wicked men; they watch like fowlers who lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

Common English Bible

²⁶ Criminals are found among my people; they set traps to catch people, like hunters lying in wait.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ For the impious are found among my people; they lie in ambush like fowlers setting snares, for they set traps to catch men.

Jeremiah 5:26 Cross References

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us wantonly ambush the innocent;

Jeremiah 18:22

May a cry be heard from their houses when you bring the marauder suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to catch me and laid snares for my feet.

Psalm 64:5

They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, “Who can see us?

Luke 5:10

and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people.”

Jeremiah 4:22

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

Isaiah 58:1

Shout out; do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins.

Isaiah 32:7

The villainies of villains are evil; they devise wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit through the mouth. They all speak friendly words to their neighbors but inwardly are planning to lay an ambush.

Jeremiah 18:20

Is evil a recompense for good? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.

Micah 6:10

Can I forget the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked and the despicable false measure?

Micah 7:2

The faithful have disappeared from the land, and there is no one left who is upright; they all lie in wait for blood, and they hunt each other with nets.