Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 5:26
American Standard Version
For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
Amplified® Bible
For among My people are found wicked men; they watch like fowlers who lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
Contemporary English Version
A hunter traps birds and puts them in a cage, but some of you trap humans and make them your slaves.
Darby English Version
For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.
Good News Bible
"Evildoers live among my people; they lie in wait like those who lay nets to catch birds, but they have set their traps to catch people.
King James Version
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
New American Standard Bible
`For wicked men are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch men.
New International Version
"Among my people are wicked men
who lie in wait like men who snare birds
and like those who set traps to catch men.
New King James Version
'For among My people are found wicked men;
They lie in wait as one who sets snares;
They set a trap;
They catch men.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'For wicked men dwell among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch men.
Revised Standard Version
For wicked men are found among my people; they lurk like fowlers lying in wait. They set a trap; they catch men.
Young's Literal Translation
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.
