For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap--men they capture.
For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile