Jeremiah 8:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ How can you say, “We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us,” when, in fact, 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

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would not have sin. But now that you say, ‘We see,’ your sin remains.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

Matthew 15:6

So, for the sake of your tradition, you nullify the word of God.

Psalm 147:19

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

Job 12:20

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

Hosea 8:12

Though I write for him the multitude of my instructions, they are regarded as a strange thing.

Proverbs 17:6

Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their parents.

Job 11:12

But the stupid will get understanding when a wild ass is born human.

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.”

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him, 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 make them 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 wild animals of the earth.

Isaiah 43:27

Your first ancestor sinned, and your mediators rebelled against me.

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 48:14

How can you say, “We are heroes and mighty warriors”?