26"Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch men.


In Context

23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts; they have turned aside and gone away.

24 They do not say to themselves, 'Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives autumn and spring rains in season, who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.'

25 Your wrongdoings have kept these away; your sins have deprived you of good.

26 "Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch men.

27 Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful

28 and have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not plead the case of the fatherless to win it, they do not defend the rights of the poor.

Jeremiah 5:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:26For among my people are found wicked [men:] they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:26For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:26For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:26For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap — men they capture.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.