21I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.


In Context

18 For who hath stood in the counsel of Jehovah, And seeth and heareth His word? Who hath regarded My word, and hearkeneth?

19 Lo, a whirlwind of Jehovah — Fury hath gone out, even a piercing whirlwind, On the head of the wicked it stayeth.

20 The anger of Jehovah doth not turn back Till His doing, and till His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days ye attend to it With understanding.

21 I have not sent the prophets, and they have run, I have not spoken unto them, and they have prophesied.

22 But — if they stood in My counsel, Then they cause My people to hear My words, And they turn them back from their evil way, And from the evil of their doings.

23 A God near am I — an affirmation of Jehovah, And not a God afar off?

Jeremiah 23:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:21I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:21I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:21I did not send prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:21I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:21I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:21I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.