Jeremiah 8:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ “How do you say, ‘We are wise, and the Torah of יהוה  is with us’? But look, the false pen of the scribe has worked falsehood.

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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

Job 11:12

But a senseless man takes heart when a wild donkey’s colt is born a man!

Job 12:20

turning aside the lip of the trusted ones, and takes away the discernment of the elders;

Psalm 147:19

Declaring His Word to Yaʽ

Proverbs 17:6

Children’s children are the crown of old men, And the adornment of children is their fathers.

Isaiah 43:27

“Your first father sinned, and your interpreters have transgressed against Me.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Yirmeyahu, for the Torah 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 listen to any of his words.”

Jeremiah 19:7

“And I shall pour out the counsel of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 2:8

“The priests did not say, ‘Where is יהוה ?’ And those who handle the Torah did not know Me, and the shepherds transgressed against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Baʽ

Jeremiah 4:22

“For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are stupid children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”

Jeremiah 48:14

“How do you say, ‘We are mighty and strong men for battle’?

Hosea 8:12

“I have written for him numerous matters of My Torah – they were regarded as strange.

Matthew 15:6

is certainly released from respecting his father or mother.’ So you have nullified the command of Elohim by your tradition.

John 9:41

יהושע  said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin, but now you say, ‘We see,’ therefore your sin remains.

Romans 1:22

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,