Jeremiah 5:26  (1611 King James Bible)

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For among my people are found wicked men: they lay waite as hee that setteth snares, they set a trap, they catch men.

- 1611 King James Bible

Jeremiah 5:26 side note reference: Or, they pry as foulers lie in waite.

Other Translations of Jeremiah 5:26

For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
- King James Version (Pure Cambridge 'Authorized Version')

For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
- American Standard Version (1901)

For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
- Basic English Bible

For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
- Darby Bible

For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.
- Douay Rheims Bible

For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
- Webster's Bible

For among my people are found wicked men. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
- World English Bible

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.
- Youngs Literal Bible

For among My people are found wicked men; they pry, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

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View Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 5:26

5:26 They catch - Such a trap did Jezebel lay for Naboth, #1Kings 21:9|,10. Such an one was that conspiracy of more than forty men against Paul, #Acts 23:13 |- 15.

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