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Jeremiah 5:27

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

KJV

Sicut decipula plena avibus, sic domus eorum plenæ dolo : ideo magnificati sunt et ditati.

Vulgate

ὡς παγὶς ἐφεσταμένη πλήρης πετεινῶν, οὕτως οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν πλήρεις δόλου· διὰ τοῦτο ἐμεγαλύνθησαν καὶ ἐπλούτησαν,

LXX

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

ASV

כִּ/כְלוּב֙ מָ֣לֵא ע֔וֹף כֵּ֥ן בָּתֵּי/הֶ֖ם מְלֵאִ֣ים מִרְמָ֑ה עַל כֵּ֥ן גָּדְל֖וּ וַֽ/יַּעֲשִֽׁירוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
יִגְדַּ֣ל
ygdl
verb · 114×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
כְּל֥וּב
klvb
noun · 3×
מְלֵאָ֥ה
ml'h
verb · 58×
מִרְמָֽה
mrmh
noun · 38×
מַעֲשִׁ֑יר
m'shyr
verb · 17×
ע֣וֹף
'vp
noun · 71×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 6:10 — For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • Isa 3:14 — The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
  • Isa 59:14 — And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
  • Jer 8:5 — Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
  • Jer 9:6 — Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?