8Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.


In Context

5 For, if ye do thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, If ye do judgment thoroughly Between a man and his neighbour,

6 Sojourner, fatherless, and widow, ye oppress not, And innocent blood do not shed in this place, And after other gods do not walk, for evil to yourselves,

7 Then I have caused you to dwell in this place, In the land that I gave to your fathers, From age even unto age.

8 Lo, ye are trusting for yourselves On the words of falsehood, so as not to profit.

9 Stealing, murdering, and committing adultery, And swearing to falsehood, and giving perfume to Baal, And going after other gods whom ye knew not.

10 And ye have come in and stood before Me, In this house on which My name is called, And have said, 'We have been delivered,' In order to do all these abominations.

Jeremiah 7:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:8But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold you put your trust in lying words, which shall not profit you:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, ye confide in words of falsehood that cannot profit.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, you trust in lying words, that can't profit.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:8Behold, you trust in lying words, that cannot profit.