Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 22:17
American Standard Version
But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Amplified® Bible
But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness {and} dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression and doing violence.
Contemporary English Version
But all you think about is how to cheat or abuse or murder some innocent victim.
Darby English Version
But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.
Good News Bible
But you can only see your selfish interests; you kill the innocent and violently oppress your people. The LORD has spoken.
King James Version
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
New American Standard Bible
"But your eyes and your heart Are {intent} only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and extortion."
New International Version
"But your eyes and your heart
are set only on dishonest gain,
on shedding innocent blood
and on oppression and extortion."
New King James Version
“ Yet your eyes and your heart are for nothing but your covetousness,
For shedding innocent blood,
And practicing oppression and violence.”
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But your eyes and your heart Have become intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and extortion."
Revised Standard Version
But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence."
Young's Literal Translation
But thine eyes and thy heart are not, Except on thy dishonest gain, And on shedding of innocent blood, And on oppression, and on doing of violence.
