Jeremiah 8:8 - Modern King James Version

⁸ How do you say, We are wise, and the Law of Jehovah is with us? Lo, certainly the lying pen of the scribes has written 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 Tagairtí Cros

Job 11:12

For foolish man would be wise, and man is born a wild ass's colt.

Job 12:20

He removes the speech of the men of trust, and takes away the understanding of the aged.

Psalm 147:19

He shows His Word to Jacob, His Precepts and His judgments to Israel.

Proverbs 17:6

Sons of sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.

Isaiah 43:27

Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have sinned against Me.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said, Come and let us plot schemes against Jeremiah. For the Law shall not perish from the priest, nor wisdom from the wise, nor the Word from the prophet. Come and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not pay attention to any of his words.

Jeremiah 19:7

And I will make the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem come to nothing in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of those who seek their lives. And I will give their dead bodies to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the animals of the earth.

Jeremiah 2:8

The priests did not say, Where is Jehovah? And they who handle the Law did not know Me; the shepherds also rebelled against Me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things not profitable.

Jeremiah 4:22

For My people are foolish; they have not known Me; they are stupid sons, 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 war?

Hosea 8:12

I have written to him the great things of My Law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

Matthew 15:6

and in no way he honors his father or his mother. And you voided the commandment of God by your tradition.

John 9:41

Jesus 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

Professing to be wise, they became fools