Jeremiah 4:22

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

“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.”

Bible in Basic English ☆

For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.

Darby Translation ☆

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

For my people is foolish, they haue not knowen me: they are foolish children, and haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe well they haue no knowledge.

Noyes Bible ☆

My people is foolish, They have no regard to me; Stupid children are they, And have no understanding; They are wise to do evil, But for doing good they have no knowledge.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

“Because my people is foolish, me have they not known; sottish children are they, and they have not any understanding: wise are they to do evil, but how to do good they do not know.”

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

For My people is foolish, they know Me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

King James Version ☆

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

“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.”

Webster Bible ☆

For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Revised Version ☆

For my people is foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.

World English Bible ☆

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skilful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skilful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

World English Bible Classic ☆

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

World English Bible Updated ☆

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

World Messianic Bible ☆

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skilful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”

Young's Literal Translation ☆

For my people [are] foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons [are] they, yea, they [are] not intelligent, Wise [are] they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

For Ami is foolish, they have not known Me; they are stupid banim, and they have no understanding; they are chachamim to do evil, but to do good they have no da'as.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

«لِأَنَّ شَعْبِي أَحْمَقُ. إِيَّايَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا. هُمْ بَنُونَ جَاهِلُونَ وَهُمْ غَيْرُ فَاهِمِينَ. هُمْ حُكَمَاءُ فِي عَمَلِ ٱلشَّرِّ، وَلِعَمَلِ ٱلصَّالِحِ مَا يَفْهَمُونَ».

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား​က``ငါ​၏​လူ​မျိုး​တော်​သည် မိုက်​မဲ​ထုံ​ထိုင်း​ကြ​၏။ သူ​တို့​သည်​ငါ့​ကို​မ​သိ ကြ။ သူ​တို့​သည်​က​လေး​မိုက်​များ​နှင့်​တူ​၏။ သူ​တို့​တွင်​အ​သိ​ပ​ညာ​မ​ရှိ။ သူ​တို့​သည်​ဒု​စ​ရိုက်​ပြု​ရာ​တွင် ကျွမ်း​ကျင်​ကြ​သော်​လည်း​သု​စ​ရိုက်​ကို​မူ မ​ပြု​တတ်​ကြ'' ဟု​မိန့်​တော်​မူ​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

အကယ် စင်စစ်ငါ ၏လူ တို့သည် ထိုင်းမှိုင်း ၍ ငါ့ ကို မ သိ ကြ။ မိုက် သောသူငယ် ဖြစ်၍ ဉာဏ် မ ရှိကြ။ မကောင်း သော အမှုတို့၌ လိမ္မာ ကြ၏။ ကောင်း သောအမှု တို့ကို မ ပြု တတ်ကြ။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kai ih kaminawk loe amthu o, kai panoek o ai; palungha ai nawktanawk ah oh o moe, panoekhaih tawn o ai; kahoih ai hmuen to sak panoek o moe, kahoih hmuen sakhaih to panoek o ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Ka pilnam kah a ang dongah kai m'ming uh pawh. Amih lunghmang camoe loh amamih nawn khaw yakming uh thae pawh. Amih te thaehuet ham tah cueih uh dae a then ham tah ming uh pawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Ka pilnam kah a ang dongah kai m'ming uh pawh. Amih lunghmang camoe loh amamih nawn khaw yakming uh thae pawh. Amih te thaehuet ham tah cueih uh dae a then ham tah ming uh pawh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

耶和华说：我的百姓愚顽，不认识我； 他们是愚昧无知的儿女， 有智慧行恶，没有知识行善。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

耶和華說：我的百姓愚頑，不認識我； 他們是愚昧無知的兒女， 有智慧行惡，沒有知識行善。

World Chinese Bible ☆

“因为我的百姓愚昧，不认识我。他们是愚昧的儿女，没有悟性。他们善于行恶，却不知道怎样行善。”

Croatian Bible ☆

Da, bezuman je moj narod, ne poznaju me, djeca su oni nerazumna, ništa ne shvaćaju, mudri su tek za zlodjela, al' činiti dobro ne umiju.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Nebo bláznivý lid můj nezná mne, synové nemoudří a nerozumní jsou. Moudří jsou k činění zlého, ale činiti dobře neumějí.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Thi mit Folk er tåbeligt, kender ej mig, de er dumme Sønner og uden Indsigt; de er vise til at gøre det onde, men Tåber til det gode.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Zekerlijk, Mijn volk is dwaas, Mij kennen zij niet; het zijn zotte kinderen, en zij zijn niet verstandig; wijs zijn zij om kwaad te doen, maar goed te doen weten zij niet.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Want mijn volk is verdwaasd: ze kennen Mij niet; Onverstandige kinderen, zonder begrip; Volleerd alleen in de boosheid, Maar te dom, om het goede te doen.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Ĉar Mia popolo estas freneza, Min ili ne rekonas; ili estas malsaĝaj infanoj, ili ne komprenas; saĝaj ili estas por fari malbonon, sed fari bonon ili ne povoscias.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Car mon peuple est fou, ils ne m’ont pas connu ; ce sont des fils insensés, ils n’ont pas d’intelligence ; ils sont sages pour faire le mal, mais ils ne savent pas faire le bien.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

C'est que mon peuple est insensé. Ils ne me connaissent pas. Ce sont des enfants insensés, dépourvus d'intelligence. Ils sont habiles pour faire le mal; mais ils ne savent pas faire le bien.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Certainement mon peuple est fou, il ne me connaît pas; Ce sont des enfants insensés, dépourvus d’intelligence; Ils sont habiles pour faire le mal, Mais ils ne savent pas faire le bien.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

« Car mon peuple est insensé. Ils ne me connaissent pas. Ce sont des enfants stupides, dépourvus d'intelligence. Ils sont habiles pour faire le mal, mais ils ne savent pas faire le bien. »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Denn mein Volk ist närrisch, mich kennen sie nicht; törichte Kinder sind sie und unverständig. Weise sind sie, Böses zu tun; aber Gutes zu tun verstehen sie nicht. -

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Aber mein Volk ist toll, und sie glauben mir nicht; töricht sind sie und achten's nicht. Weise sind sie genug, Übles zu tun; aber wohltun wollen sie nicht lernen.

German Textbibel ☆

Ja, thöricht ist mein Volk: mich kennen sie nicht; alberne Söhne sind sie und ohne Einsicht sind sie. Weise sind sie, Böses zu thun, aber Gutes zu thun verstehen sie nicht.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Wahrlich, mein Volk ist töricht; mich kennen sie nicht; närrische Kinder sind sie und ohne Verstand; weise sind sie, Böses zu tun, aber Gutes zu tun verstehen sie nicht.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

διότι οἱ ἡγούμενοι τοῦ λαοῦ μου ἐμὲ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν, υἱοὶ ἄφρονές εἰσι καὶ οὐ συνετοί· σοφοί εἰσι τοῦ κακοποιῆσαι, τὸ δὲ καλῶς ποιῆσαι οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Διότι οἱ ἡγούμενοι τοῦ λαοῦ μου ἐμὲ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν· υἱοὶ ἄφρονές εἰσι καὶ οὐ συνετοὶ, σοφοί εἰσι τοῦ κακοποιῆσαι, τὸ δὲ καλῶς ποιῆσαι οὐκ ἐπέγνωσαν.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Seyè a di konsa: Pèp mwen an sòt! Yo pa konnen m'! Se yon bann timoun, lespri yo bouche! Yo pa konprann anyen! Yo fò nan fè sa ki mal ase. Yo pa konn fè sa ki byen.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

No ka mea, ua lapuwale ko'u poe kanaka, aole lakou i ike mai ia'u; he poe kamalii lapuwale, aohe o lakou naauao. He akamai lakou i ka hana hewa; aka, aole o lakou ike i ka hana maikai.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

כִּ֣י ׀ אֱוִ֣יל עַמִּ֗י אֹותִי֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ בָּנִ֤ים סְכָלִים֙ הֵ֔מָּה וְלֹ֥א נְבֹונִ֖ים הֵ֑מָּה חֲכָמִ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ לְהָרַ֔ע וּלְהֵיטִ֖יב לֹ֥א יָדָֽעוּ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

כי אויל עמי אותי לא ידעו בנים סכלים המה ולא נבונים המה חכמים המה להרע ולהיטיב לא ידעו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Questo è perciocchè il mio popolo è stolto, e non mi conoscono; son figliuoli pazzi, e non hanno alcuno intendimento; ben sono cauti a far male, ma non hanno alcun conoscimento da far bene .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Veramente il mio popolo è stolto, non mi conosce; son de’ figliuoli insensati, e non hanno intelligenza; sono sapienti per fare il male; ma il bene non lo sanno fare.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

「わたしの民は愚かで、わたしを知らない。彼らは愚かな子らで、悟りがない。悪を行うことには熟練しているが、良いことを行うことを知らない。」

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

내 백성은 나를 알지 못하는 우준한 자요 지각이 없는 미련한 자식이라 악을 행하기에는 지각이 있으나 선을 행하기에는 무지하도다

Kosraean Bible ☆

LEUM GOD El fahk, “Mwet luk elos lalfon; Elos tia eteyu. Elos oana tulik lalfon; Wangin etauk lalos. Elos sasla ke oru ma koluk, A tiana etu in oru ma wo.”

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Quia stultus populus meus me non cognovit: filii insipientes sunt et vecordes: sapientes sunt ut faciant mala, bene autem facere nescierunt.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

چونکه قوم من احمقند و مرانمی شناسند و ایشان، پسران ابله هستند و هیچ فهم ندارند. برای بدی کردن ماهرند لیکن به جهت نیکوکاری هیچ فهم ندارند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

“Pois o meu povo é tolo. Eles não me conhecem. São filhos insensatos, e não têm entendimento. São hábeis para fazer o mal, mas não sabem fazer o bem.”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

De fato meu povo está louco, já não me conhecem; são filhos tolos, sem entendimento; são “sábios” para fazer o mal, mas para fazer o bem nada sabem.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Pentru că poporul meu este nebun, ei nu m-au cunoscut; sunt copii prostuți și nu au înțelegere; sunt înțelepți pentru a face răul, dar pentru a face binele nu au cunoaștere.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

„Кэч попорул Меу есте небун, ну Мэ куноаште; сунт ниште копий фэрэ минте ши липсиць де причепере; сунт мештерь сэ факэ рэул, дар ну штиу сэ факэ бинеле.”

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Это оттого, что народ Мой глуп, не знает Меня: неразумные они дети, и нет у них смысла; они умны на зло, но добра делать не умеют.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Jer je narod moj bezuman, ne poznaje me, ludi su sinovi i bez razuma, mudri su da zlo čine, a dobro činiti ne umeju.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Јер је народ мој безуман, не познаје ме, луди су синови и без разума, мудри су да зло чине, а добро чинити не умеју.

Mashi Bible ☆

Nêci olubaga lwàli lwahwinjagîre: lurhanyishi, luli nka bâna bo barhadôsa mirhima, ntà bukengêre bagwêrhe bali balenga ba bubî, ci barhishikola ehinja.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Porque mi pueblo es necio; no me conocieron los hijos ignorantes y los no entendidos; sabios para mal hacer, y para bien hacer no supieron.

Spanish BLL ☆

“Es que mi pueblo es necio, no me conocen. Son como niños tontos que no entienden nada. Son expertos para hacer lo malo, pero no saben cómo hacer lo bueno”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

«Porque mi pueblo es necio, no me conocieron; son hijos insensatos y carecen de entendimiento; sabios son para hacer el mal, pero para hacer el bien no tienen conocimiento».

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Porque mi pueblo es necio, no me conocen; son hijos ignorantes, sin entendimiento, todos ellos, son sabios en el mal, pero no tienen conocimiento de hacer el bien.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Porque mi pueblo es necio. No me conocieron. Son hijos ignorantes. No son entendidos. Son expertos para hacer el mal, pero no saben hacer el bien.

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Revised West Version ☆

“He ʻoku vale ʻa hoku kakai, ʻoku teʻeki ai te nau ʻilo au: ko e fānau faha ʻakinautolu ʻoku ʻikai hanau poto; ʻoku nau poto ki he fai kovi, ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau maʻu ʻae ʻiloʻi ki he fai lelei.”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Се з того, що нарід мій безглуздий — не знає мене: ой нерозумні вони дїти, нема в них глузду; мудрі вони на лихе, добре ж не вміють чинити.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Се з того, що нарід мій безглуздий — не знає мене: ой нерозумні вони дїти, нема в них глузду; мудрі вони на лихе, добре ж не вміють чинити.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Thật dân ta là ngu muội, chúng nó chẳng nhìn biết ta. Aáy là những con cái khờ dại, không có trí khôn, khéo làm điều ác, mà không biết làm điều thiện.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

כִּ֣י ׀ אֱוִ֣יל עַמִּ֗י אוֹתִי֙ לֹ֣א יָדָ֔עוּ בָּנִ֤ים סְכָלִים֙ הֵ֔מָּה וְלֹ֥א נְבוֹנִ֖ים הֵ֑מָּה חֲכָמִ֥ים הֵ֨מָּה֙ לְהָרַ֔ע וּלְהֵיטִ֖יב לֹ֥א יָדָֽעוּ׃