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Jeremiah 7:9

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;

KJV

furari, occidere, adulterari, jurare mendaciter, libare Baalim, et ire post deos alienos quos ignoratis :

Vulgate

καὶ φονεύετε καὶ μοιχᾶσθε καὶ κλέπτετε καὶ ὀμνύετε ἐπ’ ἀδίκῳ, καὶ ἐθυμιᾶτε τῇ Βάαλ καὶ ἐπορεύεσθε ὀπίσω θεῶν ἀλλοτρίων ὧν οὐκ οἴδατε

LXX

Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods that ye have not known,

ASV

הֲ/גָנֹ֤ב רָצֹ֨חַ֙ וְֽ/נָאֹ֔ף וְ/הִשָּׁבֵ֥עַ לַ/שֶּׁ֖קֶר וְ/קַטֵּ֣ר לַ/בָּ֑עַל וְ/הָלֹ֗ךְ אַחֲרֵ֛י אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא יְדַעְתֶּֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחֵרִ֔ים
'chrym
adjective · 166×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
בַּ֔עַל
b'l
proper_noun · 79×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
ו
v
noun · 717×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים
mn'pym
verb · 31×
מְקַטְּרִ֖ים
mqtrym
verb · 117×
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע
nshb'
verb · 182×
רֹצֵ֔חַ
rtsch
verb · 47×
שָֽׁקֶר
shqr
noun · 110×
תִּגְנֹ֤ב
tgnb
verb · 39×

Historic Christian voices

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

§2056The word "Decalogue" means literally "ten words."11 God revealed these "ten words" to his people on the holy mountain. They were written "with the finger of God,"12 unlike the other commandments written by Moses.13 They are pre-eminently the words of God. They are handed on to us in the books of Exodus 14 and Deuteronomy.15 Beginning with the Old Testament, the sacred books ref…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 14:9 — But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:
  • 1Kgs 18:21 — And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
  • 1Tim 2:8 — I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
  • Eph 4:28 — Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
  • Exod 20:3 — Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
  • Ezek 5:11 — Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither s
  • Ezek 33:25 — Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
  • Gal 5:19 — Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
  • Hos 2:13 — And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
  • Hos 11:10 — They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
  • Isa 1:13 — Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
  • Isa 48:1 — Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but n
  • Jas 4:1 — From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
  • Jer 1:16 — And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
  • Jer 5:2 — And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
  • Jer 7:6 — If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:
  • Jer 11:13 — For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto
  • Jer 11:17 — For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to ang
  • Jer 19:4 — Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled thi
  • Lev 19:11 — Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
  • Mal 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
  • Ps 24:4 — He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
  • Ps 73:8 — They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
  • Rev 22:15 — For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
  • Rom 2:2 — But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.