Jeremiah 12:2 - The Scriptures 2009

² You have planted them and they have taken root, they grow and they bear fruit. You are near in their mouth but far from their kidneys.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit. You are near in their mouths but far from their hearts.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

Common English Bible

² You plant them, and they take root; they flourish and bear fruit. You are always on their lips but far from their hearts.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² You planted them, and they took root. They are prospering and bearing fruit. You are near to their mouths, but far from their hearts.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root: they prosper and bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth and far from their reins.

Jeremiah 12:2 Cross References

Job 24:12

Men groan in the city, and the beings of the wounded cry out, and Eloah does not regard it as foolish.

Job 5:3

I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly his home was cursed.

Psalm 37:35

Rĕsh I have seen the wrongdoer in great power, And spreading himself like a native green tree.

Isaiah 29:13

And יהוה says, “Because this people has drawn near with its mouth, and with its lips they have esteemed Me, and it has kept its heart far from Me, and their fear of Me has become a command of men that is taught!

Jeremiah 11:17

“And יהוה of hosts, who planted you, has spoken evil against you for the evil of the house of Yisra’ĕl and of the house of Yehuḏah, which they have done against themselves to provoke Me, by burning incense to Ba‛al.”

Jeremiah 3:10

“And yet for all this her treacherous sister Yehuḏah has not turned to Me with all her heart, but falsely,” declares יהוה.

Jeremiah 45:4

“Say this to him, ‘Thus said יהוה, “See, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up, that is, the entire land.

Ezekiel 33:31

“And they come to you as people do, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear your words, but they do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love – their hearts pursue their greedy gain.

Hosea 7:14

and did not cry out to Me with their heart when they wailed upon their beds. For grain and new wine they assemble themselves; they turn away from Me.

Habakkuk 1:13

You, whose eyes are too clean to see evil, You are not able to look on wrong. Why do You look on those who act treacherously – keep silent when the wrong devours one more righteous than he?

Matthew 15:8

‘This people draw near to Me with their mouth, and respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

Mark 7:6

And He answering, said to them, “Well did Yeshayahu prophesy concerning you hypocrites, as it has been written, ‘This people respect Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.

Titus 1:16

They profess to know Elohim, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unfit for any good work.