Jeremiah 9:5
ContextNET © | One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves 1 to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent. |
NIV © | Friend deceives friend, and no-one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning. |
NASB © | "Everyone deceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves committing iniquity. |
NLT © | They all fool and defraud each other; no one tells the truth. With practiced tongues they tell lies; they wear themselves out with all their sinning. |
MSG © | Neighbors gyp neighbors, never telling the truth. They've trained their tongues to tell lies, and now they can't tell the truth. |
BBE © | Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back. |
NRSV © | They all deceive their neighbors, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongues to speak lies; they commit iniquity and are too weary to repent. |
NKJV © | Everyone will deceive his neighbor, And will not speak the truth; They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves to commit iniquity. |
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NET © | One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves 1 to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “their tongues.” However, this is probably not a natural idiom in contemporary English and the tongue may stand as a part for the whole anyway. |