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Jeremiah 23:31
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29 “Is not My word like a afire?” says the Lord,
“And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?  
30 “Therefore behold, aI am against the prophets,” says the Lord, “who steal My words every one from his neighbor.  
31 Behold, I am aagainst the prophets,” says the Lord, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He says.’  
32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” says the Lord, “and tell them, and cause My people to err by their alies and by btheir recklessness. Yet I did not send them or command them; therefore they shall not cprofit this people at all,” says the Lord.  
33 “So when these people or the prophet or the priest ask you, saying, ‘What is athe oracle of the Lord?’ you shall then say to them,2 ‘What oracle?’ I will even forsake you,” says the Lord.  
34 “And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, ‘The1 oracle of the Lord!’ I will even punish that man and his house.  
Verse Comparison: Jeremiah 23:31

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American Standard Version
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

Amplified® Bible
Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their [own deceitful] tongues and say, Thus says the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 23:30)

Darby English Version
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith Jehovah, that use their tongues, and say, He hath said.

Good News Bible
I am also against those prophets who speak their own words and claim they came from me.

King James Version
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, I am against the prophets, declares the LORD, "who use their tongues and declare, `{The Lord} declares.'"

New International Version
Yes," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, 'The LORD declares.'

New King James Version
Behold, I am against the prophets,” says the LORD, “who use their tongues and say, ‘He says.’

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Behold, I resist the prophets," declares the LORD, "who use their tongues and declare, 'The Lord declares.'

Revised Standard Version
Behold, I am against the prophets, says the LORD, who use their tongues and say, 'Says the LORD.'

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, I `am' against the prophets, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are making smooth their tongue, And they affirm -- an affirmation.


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