Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
New American Standard Bible
And
Because every
And every neighbor
King James Version
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Holman Bible
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.
International Standard Version
"Beware of your neighbors, and don't trust any of your relatives. For all of your relatives act deceitfully, and every friend goes around as a slanderer.
A Conservative Version
Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
Amplified
“Let everyone beware of his neighbor
And do not trust any brother.
For every brother is a supplanter [like Jacob, a deceiver, ready to grab his brother’s heel],
And every neighbor goes around as a slanderer.
Bible in Basic English
Let everyone keep watch on his neighbour, and put no faith in any brother: for every brother will certainly be tricking his brother, and every neighbour will go about saying evil.
Darby Translation
Take ye heed every one of his friend, and confide not in any brother; for every brother only supplanteth, and every friend goeth about with slander.
Julia Smith Translation
Watch ye each from his neighbor, and to any brother ye shall not trust, for every brother deceiving, will deceive, and every neighbor will go tale-bearing.
King James 2000
Take you heed everyone of his neighbor, and trust you not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Let everyone be on your guard against his neighbor, and you must not trust in any brother, for everyone surely betrays, and every neighbor goes about [with] slander.
Modern King James verseion
Everyone beware of his neighbor, and do not trust any brother! For every brother will supplant his neighbor, and will walk with slanders.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, one must keep himself from another; no man may safely trust his own brother. For one brother undermineth another, and one neighbour begileth another.
NET Bible
Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him.
New Heart English Bible
"Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
The Emphasized Bible
Every one, of his neighbour, beware ye, And in no brother, may ye trust, - For, every brother, supplanteth! And every neighbour, as a tale-bearer, goeth about;
Webster
Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders.
World English Bible
Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
Youngs Literal Translation
Each of his friend -- beware ye, And on any brother, do not trust, For every brother doth utterly supplant, For every friend slanderously doth walk,
Themes
Alertness » What to be aware of
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Backbiting
Evil » Slander » General references to
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Slander » General references to
Slander » The wicked addicted to
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 9:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Nation Characterized By Deceit
3 And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah. 4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders. 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Cross References
Jeremiah 6:28
They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.
Jeremiah 12:6
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; even they have cried aloud after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
Micah 7:5-6
Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Genesis 27:35-36
And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.
Leviticus 19:16
Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am Jehovah.
Psalm 15:3
He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;
Proverbs 10:18
He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
Proverbs 26:24-25
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:
Genesis 32:28
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Psalm 12:2-3
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.
Psalm 55:11-12
Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.
Proverbs 6:16
There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 6:19
A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 25:18
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Ezekiel 22:9
Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.
Matthew 10:17
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in theirs synagogues they will scourge you;
Matthew 10:21
And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Matthew 10:34-35
Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Luke 21:16
But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and'some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
1 Thessalonians 4:6
that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
1 Peter 2:1-2
Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,