Berean Standard Bible
““For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.””
Jeremiah sees a vision of coming devastation and cries out in anguish. He observes that his people are the cause of the trouble that will come.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
World English Bible (WEB)
“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
King James Version (KJV)
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
Porque mi pueblo es necio; no me conocieron los hijos ignorantes y los no entendidos; sabios para mal hacer, y para bien hacer no supieron.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Hasta que mi pueblo abandone su terquedad, pues se niegan a seguir mis instrucciones. Son torpes, retrasados, sin entendimiento, muy avispados para hacer el mal, pero muy tontos cuando se trata de hacer algo bueno.
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