Jeremiah 5:31 - Compare All Versions
Jeremiah 5:30-31 MSG (The Message)
“Unspeakable! Sickening! What’s happened in this country? Prophets preach lies and priests hire on as their assistants. And my people love it. They eat it up! But what will you do when it’s time to pick up the pieces?”
Jeremiah 5:31 KJV (King James Version)
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 5:31 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it?
Jeremiah 5:31 NCV (New Century Version)
The prophets speak lies, and the priests take power into their own hands, and my people love it this way. But what will you do when the end comes?
Jeremiah 5:31 ASV (American Standard Version)
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 5:31 NIV (New International Version)
The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?
Jeremiah 5:31 NKJV (New King James Version)
The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?
Jeremiah 5:31 AMP (Amplified Bible)
The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love [to have] it so! But what will you do when the end comes?
Jeremiah 5:31 NLT (New Living Translation)
the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. Worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes?
Jeremiah 5:31 TPT (The Passion Translation)
The prophets prophesy lies, and the priests lead out of their own self-interest. And my people love it that way. But what will they do when judgment comes?”
Jeremiah 5:31 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?