31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?


In Context

28 They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excell in deeds of wickedness. They don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and they don't judge the right of the needy.

29 |Shall I not punish for these things?| says Yahweh. |Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

30 |An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.

31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?

Jeremiah 5:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:31The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:31The prophets prophesied falsehood, and the priests clapped their hands: and my people loved such things: what then shall be done in the end thereof?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:31the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:31the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:31the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:31The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved it so, And what do they at its latter end?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?