Jeremiah 8:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ How do you say: We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Indeed the lying pen of the scribes hath wrought falsehood.

Jeremiah 8:8 Cross References

Job 11:12

But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt

Job 12:20

He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

Psalm 147:19

He sheweth his word unto Jacob, His statutes and his judgements unto Israel.

Proverbs 17:6

Children's children are the crown of old men; And the glory of children are their fathers.

Isaiah 43:27

Thy first father sinned, and thine interpreters have transgressed against me.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.

Jeremiah 19:7

And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

Jeremiah 4:22

For my people is foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Jeremiah 48:14

How say ye, We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war?

Hosea 8:12

Though I write for him my law in ten thousand precepts, they are counted as a strange thing.

Matthew 15:6

he shall not honour his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

John 9:41

Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin: but now ye say, We see: your sin remaineth.

Romans 1:22

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,