8Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit.


In Context

5 But if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye really do justice between a man and his neighbour,

6 if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt;

7 then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers from of old even for ever.

8 Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit.

9 What? steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not ...

10 then ye come and stand before me, in this house which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered, in order to do all these abominations!

Jeremiah 7:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:8But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold you put your trust in lying words, which shall not profit you:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, you trust in lying words, that cannot profit.