Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
so their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.
New American Standard Bible
So their houses are full of
Therefore they have become great and rich.
King James Version
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
International Standard Version
Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are filled with treachery. This is how they have become prominent and rich,
A Conservative Version
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grown rich.
American Standard Version
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
Amplified
‘As a cage is full of birds,
So are their houses full of deceit and treachery;
Therefore they have become influential and rich.
Bible in Basic English
As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.
Darby Translation
As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
Julia Smith Translation
As a cane full of birds, so their houses full of deceit: for this they were magnified and they will be rich.
King James 2000
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and grown rich.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like a cage full of birds, so their houses [are] full of fraud. {Therefore} they have become great, and they have become rich.
Modern King James verseion
Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and grown rich.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And like as a net is full of birds, so are their houses full of that which they have gotten with falsity and deceit. Hereof cometh their great substance and riches,
NET Bible
Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.
New Heart English Bible
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
The Emphasized Bible
As, a cage, is full of birds, So, are, their houses, full of unrighteous gain, - For this cause, have they become great and waxen rich:
Webster
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and have grown rich.
World English Bible
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.
Youngs Literal Translation
As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
Themes
Deceit » Evil of » Leads to pride and oppression
Deceit » The wicked full of » Their houses
Interlinear
Bayith
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 5:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
An Invasion From The North
26
They watch like fowlers lying in wait.
They set a trap;
they catch men.
so their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.
They have also excelled in evil matters.
They have not taken up cases,
such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper,
and they have not defended the rights of the needy.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 1:11-13
Let’s set an ambush
Let’s attack some innocent person
Jeremiah 9:6
In their deception they refuse to know Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Hosea 12:7-8
with dishonest scales in his hands.
Amos 8:4-6
and do away with the poor of the land,
Micah 1:12
anxiously wait for something good,
disaster has come from the Lord
to the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 6:10-11
and the accursed short measure
in the house of the wicked?
Habakkuk 2:9-11
wealth for his house
to place his nest on high,
to escape from the reach of disaster!
Revelation 18:2
He cried in a mighty voice:
Babylon the Great has fallen!
She has become a dwelling for demons,
a haunt for every unclean spirit,
a haunt for every unclean bird,
and a haunt