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Jeremiah 5:12
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KJ21
They have belied the Lord, and said, “It is not He; neither shall evil come upon us, neither shall we see sword nor famine.
ASV
They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
AMP
They have lied about and denied the Lord By saying, “It is not He [who speaks through His prophets]; Misfortune and evil shall not come on us, Nor will we see war or famine.
AMPC
They have lied about and denied the Lord by saying, It is not He [Who speaks through His prophets]! Evil shall not come upon us; nor shall we see war or famine.
BRG
They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
CSB
They have contradicted the Lord and insisted, “It won’t happen. Harm won’t come to us; we won’t see sword or famine.”
CSBA
They have contradicted the Lord and insisted, ‘It won’t happen. Harm won’t come to us; we won’t see sword or famine.’
CEB
They have lied about the Lord and said, “He’ll do nothing! Disaster won’t come upon us; we won’t see war or famine.”
CJB
They have denied Adonai, they have said, “He won’t do anything, calamity will not strike us, we will see neither sword nor famine.
CEV
Their prophets lie and say, “The Lord won't punish us. We will have peace and plenty of food.”
DARBY
They have denied Jehovah, and say, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us, nor shall we see sword nor famine;
DRA
They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he: and the evil shall not come upon us: we shall not see the sword and famine.
ERV
“Those people lied about the Lord. They said, ‘He will not do anything to us. Nothing bad will happen to us. We will never see an army attack us. We will never starve.’
EASY
They have told lies about the Lord. They have said, “He will not punish us! No trouble will come to us. There will be no war. There will be no famine.
EHV
They have lied about the Lord. They say, “He is nothing. No disaster will come upon us. We will not see sword or famine.
ESV
They have spoken falsely of the Lord and have said, ‘He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
ESVUK
They have spoken falsely of the Lord and have said, ‘He will do nothing; no disaster will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
EXB
Those people have lied about the Lord and said, “He will not do anything to us! ·Nothing bad [No evil/trouble/harm] will happen to us! We will never see ·war [L sword] or ·hunger [famine]!
GNV
They have denied the Lord, and said, It is not he, neither shall the plague come upon us, neither shall we see sword nor famine.
GW
They lie about the Lord and say, “He doesn’t exist! Nothing bad will happen to us. We won’t experience war or famine.
GNT
The Lord's people have denied him and have said, “He won't really do anything. We won't have hard times; we won't have war or famine.”
HCSB
They have contradicted the Lord and insisted, “It won’t happen. Harm won’t come to us; we won’t see sword or famine.”
ICB
Those people have lied about the Lord. They have said, “The Lord will not do anything to us! Nothing bad will happen to us. We will never see war or hunger.
ISV
“They have lied about the Lord by saying, ‘He wouldn’t do that! Disaster won’t come on us. We won’t see sword and famine.
JUB
They have denied the LORD and said, He is not; and evil shall not come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine;
KJV
They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
AKJV
They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
LSB
They have dealt falsely about Yahweh And said, “Not He; Calamity will not come on us, And we will not see sword or famine.
LEB
“They have denied Yahweh, and have said, ‘Not he, for evil will not come on us, we will see neither sword nor famine.
TLB
They have lied and said, “He won’t bother us! No evil will come upon us! There will be neither famine nor war!
MSG
“They’ve spread lies about God. They’ve said, ‘There’s nothing to him. Nothing bad will happen to us, neither famine nor war will come our way. The prophets are all windbags. They speak nothing but nonsense.’”
MEV
They have lied about the Lord, and said, “Not He. Neither shall evil come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.”
NOG
They lie about Yahweh and say, “He doesn’t exist! Nothing bad will happen to us. We won’t experience war or famine.
NABRE
They denied the Lord, saying, “He is nothing, No evil shall come to us, neither sword nor famine shall we see.
NASB
They have lied about the Lord And said, “Not He; Misfortune will not come upon us, Nor will we see sword or famine.
NASB1995
They have lied about the Lord And said, “Not He; Misfortune will not come on us, And we will not see sword or famine.
NCB
They have denied the Lord, boldly asserting, “He will do nothing. No harm will come to us; we will not endure either sword or famine.
NCV
Those people have lied about the Lord and said, “He will not do anything to us! Nothing bad will happen to us! We will never see war or hunger!
NET
“These people have denied what the Lord says. They have said, ‘That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.
NIRV
They have told lies about the Lord. They said, “He won’t do anything! No harm will come to us. We will never see war or be hungry.
NIV
They have lied about the Lord; they said, “He will do nothing! No harm will come to us; we will never see sword or famine.
NIVUK
They have lied about the Lord; they said, ‘He will do nothing! No harm will come to us; we will never see sword or famine.
NKJV
They have lied about the Lord, And said, “It is not He. Neither will evil come upon us, Nor shall we see sword or famine.
NLV
“They have lied about the Lord and said, ‘He will do nothing. Nothing bad will happen to us, and we will not see sword or hunger.
NLT
“They have lied about the Lord and said, ‘He won’t bother us! No disasters will come upon us. There will be no war or famine.
NRSVA
They have spoken falsely of the Lord, and have said, ‘He will do nothing. No evil will come upon us, and we shall not see sword or famine.’
NRSVACE
They have spoken falsely of the Lord, and have said, ‘He will do nothing. No evil will come upon us, and we shall not see sword or famine.’
NRSVCE
They have spoken falsely of the Lord, and have said, “He will do nothing. No evil will come upon us, and we shall not see sword or famine.”
NRSVUE
They have spoken falsely of the Lord and have said, “He will do nothing. No evil will come upon us, and we shall not see sword or famine.”
OJB
They have spoken lies about Hashem, and said, Lo hu (not He); neither shall ra’ah come upon us; neither shall we see cherev nor ra’av (famine);
RGT
They have denied the LORD, and said, “It is not Him, nor shall the plague come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
RSV
They have spoken falsely of the Lord, and have said, ‘He will do nothing; no evil will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
RSVCE
They have spoken falsely of the Lord, and have said, ‘He will do nothing; no evil will come upon us, nor shall we see sword or famine.
TLV
They have lied about Adonai saying: “Not He! No harm will come to us. Nor will we see sword or famine.
VOICE
They spew lies about the Eternal that mock My sovereign power. They have said, “Nothing will happen! God will not hurt us! All this talk of war and famine is just talk.
WEB
They have denied Yahweh, and said, “It is not he. Evil won’t come on us. We won’t see sword or famine.
WYC
they denied the Lord, and said, He is not, neither evil shall come [up]on us; we shall not see sword and hunger (we shall not see the sword and hunger).
YLT
They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, `[It is] not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.
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