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Jeremiah 5:26

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

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ASV

For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

KJV

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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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
נִמְצְא֥וּnim.tze.'Uthey are foundH4672 →
בְעַמִּ֖יve.'a.Miamong people myH5971 →
רְשָׁעִ֑יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563 →
יָשׁוּר֙ya.Shurhe watchesH7789 →
כְּשַׁ֣ךְke.Shakhas bendH7918 →
יְקוּשִׁ֔יםye.ku.ShimfowlersH3353 →
הִצִּ֥יבוּhi.Tzi.vuthey setH5324 →
מַשְׁחִ֖יתmash.Chita destroyerH4889 →
אֲנָשִׁ֥ים'a.na.ShimpeopleH582 →
יִלְכֹּֽדוּ׃yil.Ko.duthey catchH3920 →

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Psalms 25:15My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,Psalms 64:5They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.Ezekiel 22:2–12“As for you, son of man, will you judge her? Will you pass judgment on the city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her abominationsJeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.Psalms 10:9–10He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.Psalms 124:7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.1 Samuel 19:10–11Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But the spear struck the wall and David eluded him, ran away, and escaped that night.Habakkuk 1:14–15You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.Jeremiah 4:22“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.”Luke 5:10and so were his partners James and John, the sons of Zebedee. “Do not be afraid,” Jesus said to Simon. “From now on you will catch men.”Jeremiah 9:8Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.Jeremiah 2:13“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.Proverbs 1:17–18How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!1 Samuel 18:21“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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