Jeremiah 9:4

Jeremiah 9:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
• New International Version (NIV)“Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“Beware of your neighbor! Don’t even trust your brother! For brother takes advantage of brother, and friend slanders friend.

Context of Jeremiah 9:4

2Oh, that I had in the wilderness A lodging place for travelers; That I might leave my people, And go from them! For they are all adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men. 3“And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” says the Lord. “Everyone take heed to his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; For every brother will utterly supplant, And every neighbor will walk with slanderers. 5Everyone will deceive his neighbor, And will not speak the truth; They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves to commit iniquity. 6Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:4 word by word

אִ֤ישׁ מֵרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ הִשָּׁמֵ֔רוּ וְעַל־כָּל־אָ֖ח אַל־תִּבְטָ֑חוּ כִּ֤י כָל־אָח֙ עָק֣וֹב יַעְקֹ֔ב וְכָל־רֵ֖עַ רָכִ֥יל יַהֲלֹֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Take ye heedשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: carefulH8104
• every oneאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of his neighbourרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• and trustבָּטַחbâţach · to trustH982
• ye not in any brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• will utterlyעָקַב‛âqab · to assailH6117
• will walkהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• with slandersרָכִילrâkîyl · slanderH7400

Cross-references for Jeremiah 9:4

• Jeremiah 12:6For even your brothers, the house of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you; Yes, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, Even though they speak smooth words to you.
• Psalms 12:2They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
• Psalms 55:11Destruction is in its midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from its streets.
• Proverbs 26:24He who hates, disguises it with his lips, And lays up deceit within himself;
• Micah 7:5Do not trust in a friend; Do not put your confidence in a companion; Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.
• Matthew 10:17But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and scourge you in their synagogues.
• Luke 21:16You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death.
• Genesis 27:35But he said, “Your brother came with deceit and has taken away your blessing.”
• Genesis 32:28And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
• 1 Thessalonians 4:6that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified.
• Jeremiah 6:28They are all stubborn rebels, walking as slanderers. They are bronze and iron, They are all corrupters;
• Leviticus 19:16You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.
• Psalms 15:3He who does not backbite with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
• Proverbs 6:16These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
• Proverbs 10:18Whoever hides hatred has lying lips, And whoever spreads slander is a fool.
• Proverbs 25:18A man who bears false witness against his neighbor Is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 9:4

• 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. 44. supplant--literally, "trip up by the heel" (Ho 12:3). walk with slanders--(Jr 6:28).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 9:4

• Dishonesty
• Hypocrisy
• Slander
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Adulterer
• Arrow
• Desolate
• Heaven
• Perish
• Teach
• Wait
• Covenant, the New
• Jacob (1)
• Jeremiah (2)

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