12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.


In Context

9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

10 If it shall do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.

11 Now therefore come, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

12 And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

13 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

14 Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

Jeremiah 18:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:12But they will reply, 'It's no use. We will continue with our own plans; each of us will follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.' "

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:12And they said: We have no hopes: for we will go after our own thoughts, and we will do every one according to the perverseness of his evil heart.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:12But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:12But they say, There is no hope: for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12But they say, It is in vain; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do everyone after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:12And they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:12And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.