An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
Jeremiah 8:8 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 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. |
An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.
He removes the speech of those who are trusted, and takes away the understanding of the elders.
He shows his word to Ya`akov; his statutes and his ordinances to Yisra'el.
Children's children are the crown of old men; the glory of children are their parents.
Your first father sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Yirmeyahu; for the law shall not perish from the Kohen, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
I will make void the counsel of Yehudah and Yerushalayim in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those who seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the sky, and for the animals of the earth.
The Kohanim didn't say, Where is the LORD? and those who handle the law didn't know me: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Ba`al, and walked after things that do not profit.
For my people are foolish, they don't know me; they are foolish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing.
he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the mitzvah of God void because of your tradition.
Yeshua said to them, *If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.