Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 5:31
American Standard Version
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Amplified® Bible
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests exercise rule at their own hands {and} by means of the prophets. And My people love to have it so! But what will you do when the end comes?
Contemporary English Version
Prophets give their messages in the name of a false god, my priests don't want to serve me, and you--my own people-- like it this way! But on the day of disaster, where will you turn for help?
Darby English Version
the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?
Good News Bible
prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?"
King James Version
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
New American Standard Bible
The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their {own} authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it?
New International Version
The prophets prophesy lies,
the priests rule by their own authority,
and my people love it this way.
But what will you do in the end?
New King James Version
The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule by their own power;
And My people love to have it so.
But what will you do in the end?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it?
Revised Standard Version
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but
Young's Literal Translation
The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved `it' so, And what do they at its latter end?
