35This is what each of you keeps on saying to his friend or relative: 'What is the Lord 's answer?' or 'What has the Lord spoken?'


In Context

32 Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams," declares the Lord . "They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least," declares the Lord .

33 "When these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, 'What is the oracle of the Lord ?' say to them, 'What oracle? I will forsake you, declares the Lord .'

34 If a prophet or a priest or anyone else claims, 'This is the oracle of the Lord ,' I will punish that man and his household.

35 This is what each of you keeps on saying to his friend or relative: 'What is the Lord 's answer?' or 'What has the Lord spoken?'

36 But you must not mention 'the oracle of the Lord ' again, because every man's own word becomes his oracle and so you distort the words of the living God, the Lord Almighty, our God.

37 This is what you keep saying to a prophet: 'What is the Lord 's answer to you?' or 'What has the Lord spoken?'

Jeremiah 23:35 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:35Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:35Thus shall you say every one to his neighbor, and to his brother: What hath the Lord answered? and what hath the Lord spoken?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:35Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:35Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother: What hath Jehovah answered? and, What hath Jehovah spoken?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:35Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:35Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:35You shall say everyone to his neighbor, and everyone to his brother, What has Yahweh answered? and, What has Yahweh spoken?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:35Thus do ye say each unto his neighbour, And each unto his brother: What hath Jehovah answered? And what hath Jehovah spoken?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:35Thus shall you say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What has the LORD answered? and, What has the LORD spoken?