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Jeremiah 5:26

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

KJV

quia inventi sunt in populo meo impii insidiantes quasi aucupes, laqueos ponentes et pedicas ad capiendos viros.

Vulgate

ὅτι εὑρέθησαν ἐν τῷ λαῷ μου ἀσεβεῖς, καὶ παγίδας ἔστησαν τοῦ διαφθεῖραι ἄνδρας, καὶ συνελαμβάνοσαν.

LXX

For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

ASV

כִּי נִמְצְא֥וּ בְ/עַמִּ֖/י רְשָׁעִ֑ים יָשׁוּר֙ כְּ/שַׁ֣ךְ יְקוּשִׁ֔ים הִצִּ֥יבוּ מַשְׁחִ֖ית אֲנָשִׁ֥ים יִלְכֹּֽדוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
הּ
h
verb · 121×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְקוּשִׁ֔ים
yqvshym
noun · 3×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מַשְׁחִ֔ית
mshchyt
noun · 10×
נִצָּ֥ב
ntsb
verb · 74×
נּוּ
nv
verb · 16×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שֹׁ֕ךְ
shk
verb · 4×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 19:10 — And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
  • Amos 4:1 — Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
  • Ezek 22:2 — Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
  • Hab 1:14 — And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
  • Hos 4:2 — By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
  • Isa 32:7 — The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
  • Isa 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
  • Jer 2:13 — For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
  • Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Jer 18:22 — Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
  • Luke 5:10 — And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
  • Mic 6:10 — Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
  • Mic 7:2 — The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
  • Prov 1:11 — If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
  • Prov 1:11 — If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
  • Prov 12:6 — The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
  • Prov 14:17 — He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
  • Ps 10:9 — He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
  • Ps 25:15 — Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
  • Ps 55:11 — Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
  • Ps 64:5 — They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
  • Ps 124:7 — Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.