Jeremiah 9:3

American Standard Version (1901)

And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

ASV Byzantine Text

And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

Asang Khongca Bible

Nihcae loe amsawnlok thuih hanah palai to kalii baktiah anueng o coek boeh; toe nihcae loe long nuiah loktang lok hoi qoeng o ai; zaehaih maeto pacoeng maeto bangah caeh o moe, Kai hae panoek o ai, tiah Angraeng mah thuih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

A lai te laithae lii la a phuk uh. Uepomnah loh a na pawt dongah diklai ah he boethae lamloh boethae la cet uh tih kai he m'ming uh pawh. BOEIPA kah olphong ni he.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

A lai te laithae lii la a phuk uh. Uepomnah loh a na pawt dongah diklai ah he boethae lamloh boethae la cet uh tih kai he m'ming uh pawh. BOEIPA kah olphong ni he.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Lena no lakou i ko lakou mau alelo, e like me ko lakou kakaka, no ka wahahee. Aole lakou hookoa ma ka oiaio maluna o ka honua; no ka mea, hele no lakou, mai kekahi hewa, a i kekahi hewa, aole hoi lakou i ike mai ia'u, wahi a Iehova.

English Berean Standard Bible

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Yo toujou pare pou bay manti. Se metye yo sa. Se sa ki penmèt yo rive vin chèf nan peyi a. Y'ap fè dezaksyon sou dezaksyon. Yo pa konnen m' ankò. Se Seyè a menm ki di sa.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et extenderunt linguam suam quasi arcum mendacii et non veritatis: confortati sunt in terra, quia de malo ad malum egressi sunt, et me non cognoverunt, dicit Dominus.

Bible in Basic English

Their tongues are bent like a bow to send out false words: they have become strong in the land, but not for good faith: they go on from evil to evil, and they have no knowledge of me, says the Lord.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Gardez-vous chacun de son ami, et ne vous confiez en aucun frère ; car tout frère ne fera que supplanter, et tout ami marche dans la calomnie.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A natahují jazyka svého ke lži jako lučiště své. Zmocnili se na zemi, ale ne k pravdě; nebo ze zlého ve zlé jdou, a mne neznají, praví Hospodin.

Kosraean Bible

Elos kurweya lohulos, oana ke mwet uh ulya sukan pisr natulos, in pisrik kas kikiap; Acn uh kolyuk ke kikiap, ac tia ke pwaye. LEUM GOD El fahk, “Mwet luk uh kalwenina in oru ma koluk Ac tiana akilenyu lah nga God lalos.”

World Portuguese Bible

“Eles entesam a língua, como o seu arco, para a falsidade. Eles se fortaleceram na terra, mas não para a verdade; pois avançam de mal a mal, e não me conhecem”, diz o SENHOR.

Romanian BTF Bible

Și ei își încordează limbile, arcul lor de minciuni; dar nu sunt viteji pentru adevărul de pe pământ, pentru că merg din rău în rău și nu mă cunosc, spune DOMNUL.

Brenton English Septuagint

Beware ye each of his neighbour, and trust ye not in your brethren: for every one will surely supplant, and every friend will walk craftily.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သူ​တို့​သည်​လိမ်​လည်​ပြော​ဆို​ရန်​လေး​မှ လွှတ်​သော မြား​ကဲ့​သို့​အ​ဘယ်​အခါ​၌​မျှ​နှုတ်​မ​လေး​ကြ။ တိုင်း​ပြည်​တွင်​သစ္စာ​တ​ရား​အုပ်​စိုး​မည့်​အ​စား မု​သား​စ​ကား​အုပ်​စိုး​လျက်​နေ​၏။ ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား​က၊ ``ငါ​၏​လူ​မျိုး​တော်​သည်​ဒု​စ​ရိုက်​တစ်​ခု​ပြီး တစ်​ခု ကူး​လွန်​လျက် ငါ့​ကို​သူ​တို့​၏​ဘု​ရား​အ​ဖြစ်​လက်​မ​ခံ​ကြ'' ဟု​မိန့်​တော်​မူ​၏။

Darby Translation

And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood, and not for fidelity are they valiant in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und sie spannen ihre Zunge, ihren Bogen, mit Lüge, und nicht nach Treue schalten sie im Lande; denn sie schreiten fort von Bosheit zu Bosheit, und mich kennen sie nicht, spricht Jehova.

Dutch Bible 1917

En zij spannen hun tong als hun boog tot leugen; zij worden geweldig in het land, doch niet tot waarheid; want zij gaan voort van boosheid tot boosheid, maar Mij kennen zij niet, spreekt de HEERE.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Ze spannen hun tong Als een boog met hun leugens; Niet op eerlijke wijze verkrijgen ze macht in het land, Maar van het ene kwaad vervallen ze in het andere; Mij kennen ze niet: Is de godsspraak van Jahweh!

Italian Diodati Bible

E scoccano falsità dalla lor lingua, che è l'arco loro; e non si fortificano in verità nella terra; anzi procedono di male in male, e non mi conoscono, dice il Signore.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they bende their tongues like their bowes for lyes: but they haue no courage for the trueth vpon the earth: for they proceede from euill to worse, and they haue not knowen mee, sayth the Lord.

Noyes Bible

They bend their tongues, like their bows, for lies, And not by truth do they grow mighty in the earth; They proceed from wickedness to wickedness, And have no regard to me, saith Jehovah.

Danish Bible 1931

de spænder deres Tunges Bue. Løgn, ikke Sandhed råder i Landet; thi de går fra Ondskab til Ondskab og kender ej mig, så lyder det fra HERREN.

Leeser Tanakh

(9:2) And they bend their tongues, their bow of falsehood, and not for the truth are they valiant in the land; for from evil to evil do they proceed, and me they know not, saith the Lord.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

(9-2) And they bend their tongue, their bow of falsehood; and they are grown mighty in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and Me they know not, saith the LORD.

King James Version

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Chúng nó giương lưỡi mình như cái cung, đặng phát lời dối trá ra. Chúng nó ở trong xứ là mạnh lớn, mà chẳng làm sự chân thật; bởi chúng nó làm ác càng thêm ác, và chẳng nhìn biết ta, Đức Giê-hô-va phán vậy.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: But they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they know not me, saith the Lord.

Revised West Version

“Pea ʻoku nau teke honau ʻelelo, ke loi ʻo hangē ko ʻenau kaufana; ka ʻoku ʻikai te nau toʻa, koeʻuhi ko e moʻoni ʻi māmani; he kuo nau ʻalu mei he kovi ki he kovi, pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau ʻilo au,” ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova.

French Ostervald Bible

Ils tendent leur langue comme un arc, pour lancer le mensonge; ce n'est pas pour la vérité qu'ils sont vaillants dans le pays; car ils vont de malice en malice, et ils ne me connaissent point, dit l'Éternel.

Esperanto Bible

Per siaj langoj ili pafas mensogon kiel per pafarko, ne por vero ili fortiĝas sur la tero; ili iras de malbonago al malbonago, kaj Min ili ne konas, diras la Eternulo.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Ils ont la langue tendue comme un arc et lancent le mensonge; Ce n’est pas par la vérité qu’ils sont puissants dans le pays; Car ils vont de méchanceté en méchanceté, Et ils ne me connaissent pas, dit l’Éternel.

German Luther Bible 1912

Sie schießen mit ihren Zungen eitel Lüge und keine Wahrheit und treiben's mit Gewalt im Lande und gehen von einer Bosheit zur andern und achten mich nicht, spricht der HERR.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And they have bent their tongue like a bow: falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known me, says the Lord.

British English Septuagint 2012

And they have bent their tongue like a bow: falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known me, says the Lord.

Majority Standard BIble

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Webster Bible

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Revised Version

And they bend their tongue as it were their bow for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Tendono la lingua, ch’è il loro arco, per scoccar menzogne; son diventati potenti nel paese, ma non per agir con fedeltà; poiché procedono di malvagità in malvagità, e non conoscono me, dice l’Eterno.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

« Ils bandent leur langue comme un arc, pour lancer le mensonge. Ils sont devenus puissants dans le pays, mais non au service de la vérité ; car ils vont de mal en mal, et ils ne me connaissent pas », dit le SEIGNEUR.

Reina Valera 1909

E hicieron que su lengua, como su arco, tirase mentira; y no se fortalecieron por verdad en la tierra: porque de mal en mal procedieron, y me han desconocido, dice Jehová.

Spanish BLL

“Preparan su lengua como un arco para lanzar mentiras; en el país han cobrado fuerza, pero no para buscar la verdad. Pasan de una maldad a otra, y a mí no me conocen”, dice Yahvé.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

«Tensaron su lengua como un arco para la mentira; se fortalecieron en la tierra, pero no para la verdad; porque de mal en mal procedieron, y a mí no me conocieron», dice Yahvé.

Croatian Bible

“Nek se svatko čuva prijatelja, a brat bratu neka ne vjeruje, jer brat svaki nasljeduje Jakova, a svaki prijatelj raznosi klevete.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

I zapinju jezik svoj kao luk da lažu, i osiliše na zemlji, ali ne za istinu, nego idu iz zla u zlo, niti znaju za me, govori Gospod.

German Textbibel

Hütet euch einer vor dem andern und traut keinerlei Bruder, denn jeglicher Bruder übt Hinterlist, und jeglicher Genosse geht mit Verleumdung um.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Beware ye each of his neighbor, and trust ye not in your brethren: for everyone will surely supplant, and every friend will walk craftily.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

אִ֤ישׁ מֵרֵעֵ֨הוּ֙ הִשָּׁמֵ֔רוּ וְעַל־כָּל־אָ֖ח אַל־תִּבְטָ֑חוּ כִּ֤י כָל־אָח֙ עָק֣וֹב יַעְקֹ֔ב וְכָל־רֵ֖עַ רָכִ֥יל יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃

World English Bible

“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says the LORD.

World English Bible (Catholic)

“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says the LORD.

World English Bible British Edition

“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says the LORD.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says the LORD.

World English Bible Classic

“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.

World English Bible Updated

“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says the LORD.

World Messianic Bible

“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says the LORD.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

“They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says the LORD.

Young's Literal Translation

And they bend their tongue, their bow [is] a lie, And not for stedfastness have they been mighty in the land, For from evil unto evil they have gone forth, And Me they have not known, An affirmation of Jehovah!

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ ἐνέτειναν τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτῶν ὡς τόξον, ψεῦδος καὶ οὐ πίστις ἐνίσχυσεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἐκ κακῶν εἰς κακὰ ἐξήλθοσαν καὶ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν, φησὶ Κύριος.

Brenton Septuagint

Ἕκαστος ἀπὸ τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ φυλάξασθε, καὶ ἐπʼ ἀδελφοῖς αὐτῶν μὴ πεποίθατε, ὅτι πᾶς ἀδελφὸς πτέρνῃ πτερνιεῖ, καὶ πᾶς φίλος δολίως πορεύσεται.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

„Ау лимба ынтинсэ ка ун арк ши арункэ минчуна, ши ну прин адевэр сунт ей путерничь ын царэ, кэч мерг дин рэутате ын рэутате ши ну Мэ куноск”, зиче Домнул.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Натягують язика свого, мов лука, на лож і потужнїють на землї кривдою; бо від одного ледарства переходять вони до другого, мене ж не знають, говорить Господь.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Натягують язика свого, мов лука, на лож і потужнїють на землї кривдою; бо від одного ледарства переходять вони до другого, мене ж не знають, говорить Господь.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

И запињу језик свој као лук да лажу, и осилише на земљи, али не за истину, него иду из зла у зло, нити знају за ме, говори Господ.

Russian Synodal Bible

Как лук, напрягают язык свой для лжи, усиливаются на земле неправдою; ибо переходят от одного зла к другому, и Меня не знают, говорит Господь.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

אִ֤ישׁ מֵרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ הִשָּׁמֵ֔רוּ וְעַל־כָּל־אָ֖ח אַל־תִּבְטָ֑חוּ כִּ֤י כָל־אָח֙ עָקֹ֣וב יַעְקֹ֔ב וְכָל־רֵ֖עַ רָכִ֥יל יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

וידרכו את לשונם קשתם שקר ולא לאמונה גברו בארץ כי מרעה אל רעה יצאו ואתי לא ידעו נאם יהוה׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

«يَمُدُّونَ أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ كَقِسِيِّهِمْ لِلْكَذِبِ. لَا لِلْحَقِّ قَوُوا فِي ٱلْأَرْضِ. لِأَنَّهُمْ خَرَجُوا مِنْ شَرٍّ إِلَى شَرٍّ، وَإِيَّايَ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا، يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ.

Old Persion Version Bible

زبان خویش را مثل کمان خود به دروغ می‌کشند. در زمین قوی شده‌اند اما نه برای راستی زیرا خداوند می‌گوید: «از شرارت به شرارت ترقی می‌کنند و مرانمی شناسند.»

Judson Burmese Bible

သူတို့သည် မိမိ တို့လျှာ တည်းဟူသောလေး ကို မုသာ နှင့် တင် ကြ၏။ သစ္စာ တရားကို အမှီ မ ပြုဘဲ မြေကြီး ပေါ် မှာ လူကြီး ဖြစ်ကြ၏။ အကယ် စင်စစ်ဆိုး သောအမှုအပေါ် မှာ ဆိုး သောအမှု ကို ထပ်၍ပြု ကြ၏။ ငါ့ ကိုလည်း မ သိ မမှတ်ကြဟု ထာဝရဘုရား မိန့် တော်မူ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

여호와께서 말씀하시되 그들이 활을 당김같이 그 혀를 놀려 거짓을 말하며 그들이 이 땅에서 강성하나 진실하지 아니하고 악에서 악으로 진행하며 또 나를 알지 아니하느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

「彼らは偽りのために、 弓のように舌を曲げる。 彼らはこの地で強くなったが、 真実のためではない。 彼らは悪から悪へと進み、 わたしを知らない」と、主は言われる。

World Chinese Bible

“他们弯起舌头， 像弯弓一样，为要说谎。 他们在地上强盛， 却不是为真理； 因为他们从恶行到恶行， 并且不认识我，”耶和华说。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

他们弯起舌头像弓一样， 为要说谎话。 他们在国中增长势力， 不是为行诚实， 乃是恶上加恶， 并不认识我。 这是耶和华说的。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

他們彎起舌頭像弓一樣， 為要說謊話。 他們在國中增長勢力， 不是為行誠實， 乃是惡上加惡， 並不認識我。 這是耶和華說的。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Eles estendem suas línguas, como se lhes fossem arcos, para atirarem mentira; e se fortaleceram na terra, mas não por meio da verdade; porque se avançam de mal em mal, e não me conhecem, diz o SENHOR.

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Mashi Bible

Ngasi muguma acîlange oku mwîra wâge murhanacîkubagiraga obugoma: bulyâla ngasi mwene wâbo omuntu kwo adwîrhe ajira aka Yakôbo ngasi mwîra kunywerha adwîrhe anywerhera owâbo!

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

(09-2) Sie haben ihre Zunge wie einen Bogen gespannt; mit Lügen und nicht durch Wahrheit sind sie mächtig geworden auf Erden; denn von einer Bosheit gehen sie zur andern über, mich aber kennen sie nicht! spricht der HERR.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Sus lenguas están dobladas como un arco; la mentira y no la verdad prevalecieron en la tierra; van de mal en mal proceden, y no me conocen, dice el Señor.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Disponen su lengua como arco. Lanzan mentiras y no se fortalecieron para la verdad en la tierra. Porque proceden de mal en mal y no me conocen, dice Yavé.

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

Be ye shomer every one over his re'a (neighbor, friend) and trust ye not in kol ach (any brother); for kol ach will ya'akov (utterly supplant, deceive), and every re'a (neighbor) will holech rakhil (walk as the slanderer, gossiper).

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