2And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.


In Context

1 Go about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and consider, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can fins a man that executeth judgement, and seeketh faith: and I will be merciful unto it.

2 And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.

3 O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return.

4 But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgement of their God.

Jeremiah 5:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:2And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:2Although they say, 'As surely as the Lord lives,' still they are swearing falsely."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:2And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2And if they say, As Jehovah liveth! surely they swear falsely.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:2And though they say, As the LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2Though they say, 'As Yahweh lives;' surely they swear falsely.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:2And if they say, 'Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:2And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely.