Jeremiah 9:5

Jeremiah 9:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
• New International Version (NIV)Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning.
• New King James Version (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.
• New Living Translation (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.

Context of Jeremiah 9:5

3They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord. 4Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. Everyone deceives his neighbor, and no one speaks the truth; they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity. 6Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord. 7Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: "Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of my people?

Jeremiah 9:5 word by word

וְאִ֤ישׁ בְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יְהָתֵ֔לּוּ וֶאֱמֶ֖ת לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ לִמְּד֧וּ לְשׁוֹנָ֛ם דַּבֶּר־שֶׁ֖קֶר הַעֲוֵ֥ה נִלְאֽוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they will deceiveתָּלַלhâthal · to deceiveH2048
• every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• his neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• and will not speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• the truthאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: trueH571
• they have taughtלָמַדlâmad · to learn: teachH3925
• their tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• liesשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• wearyלָאָהlâ'âh · be wearyH3811
• themselves to commit iniquityעָוָה‛âvâh · to pervertH5753

Cross-references for Jeremiah 9:5

• Isaiah 59:13transgressing, and denying the Lord, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart lying words.
• Micah 6:12Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
• Ephesians 4:25Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
• Job 11:3Should your babble silence men, and when you mock, shall no one shame you?
• Jeremiah 9:3They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
• Job 15:5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
• Psalms 50:19"You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
• Psalms 64:3who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
• Psalms 140:3They make their tongue sharp as a serpent's, and under their lips is the venom of asps. Selah
• 1 Timothy 4:2through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared,
• Genesis 19:11And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping for the door.
• Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.
• Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
• Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,
• Isaiah 41:6Everyone helps his neighbor and says to his brother, "Be strong!"
• Isaiah 44:12The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 9:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5And weary themselves to commit iniquity - O, what a drudgery is sin! and how much labor must a man take in order to get to hell! The tenth part of it, in working together with God, would bring him to the gate of glory.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2-9Verses 2-9 From their punishment the prophet now turns to their sins. Jeremiah 9:2 The prophet utters the wish that he might be spared his daily striving, and in some lone wilderness give way to his sorrow, without restraint. A lodging place - It was usual to build in the desert, either by private charity or at the public expense, caravanserais, to receive travelers for a single night, who had however to bring their own supplies with them. An assembly…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6Idolatry was the foundation of a culture built on lies. The word brother, used as a synonym for neighbor, shows that even close relationships were tainted by deceit.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. weary themselves--are at laborious pains to act perversely [Maurer]. Sin is a hard bondage (Ha 2:13).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 9:5

• Deceit
• Dishonesty
• Falsehood
• Truth
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings