27As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.


In Context

24 And they have not said in their heart, 'Let us fear, we pray you, Jehovah our God, who is giving rain, The sprinkling and the gathered, in its season, The appointed weeks of harvest He keepeth for us.'

25 Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have kept the good from you.

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

27 As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

28 They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless — and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.

29 For these do not I inspect, an affirmation of Jehovah, On a nation such as this, Doth not My soul avenge itself?

Jeremiah 5:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:27As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:27Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:27As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:27As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and have grown rich.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.