Jeremiah 4:22
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For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
In other translations
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
Hebrew words
כִּי׀kiforH3588אֱוִיל'evil[is] a foolH191עַמִּי'amipeople myH5971אוֹתִי'oti<obj.> meH853לֹאlo'notH3808יָדָעוּyada'uthey knowH3045בָּנִיםbanim[are] childrenH1121סְכָלִיםsekhalimfoolsH5530הֵמָּהhemahtheyH1992וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808נְבוֹנִיםnevonim[are] having understandingH995הֵמָּהhemahtheyH1992חֲכָמִיםchakhamim[are] skillfulH2450הֵמָּהhemahtheyH1992לְהָרַעlehara'to do evilH7489וּלְהֵיטִיבuleheitivand to do goodH3190לֹאlo'notH3808יָדָעוּ׃yada'uthey knowH3045
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 14:20Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
- Romans 16:19For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
- Jeremiah 5:21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
- Romans 3:11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
- Romans 1:22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
- Hosea 5:4They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
- John 16:3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
- Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Isaiah 6:9-109 And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.9 And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ 10 Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
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