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


In Context

1 "Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares. If you can find but one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city.

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

3 O Lord , do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

4 I thought, "These are only the poor; they are foolish, for they do not know the way of the Lord , the requirements 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:2And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear 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.