King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Complete Jewish Bible:
"For among my people there are wicked men, who, like fowlers, lie in wait and set traps to catch their fellow human beings.
Berean Standard Bible:
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
American Standard Version:
For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
For among my people{H5971} are found{H4672} wicked{H7563} men: they lay wait{H7789}, as he that setteth{H7918} snares{H3353}; they set{H5324} a trap{H4889}, they catch{H3920} men{H582}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Proverbs 1:11
- If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Ezekiel 22:2
- Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations.
Ezekiel 22:12
- In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Jeremiah 18:22
- Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Psalms 64:5
- They encourage themselves [in] an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
1 Samuel 19:10
- And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
1 Samuel 19:11
- ¶ Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
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Commentary for Jeremiah 5:26
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H5971
There are 1654 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עַם
Transliteration: ʻam
Pronunciation: am
Description: from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people. - Strong's Number: H4672
There are 425 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מָצָא
Transliteration: mâtsâʼ
Pronunciation: maw-tsaw'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on. - Strong's Number: H7563
There are 249 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָשָׁע
Transliteration: râshâʻ
Pronunciation: raw-shaw'
Description: from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. - Strong's Number: H7789
There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שׁוּר
Transliteration: shûwr
Pronunciation: shoor
Description: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of going round for inspection); to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care for; behold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see. - Strong's Number: H7918
There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שָׁכַךְ
Transliteration: shâkak
Pronunciation: shaw-kak'
Description: a primitive root; to weave (i.e. lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood); appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set. - Strong's Number: H3353
There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָקוּשׁ
Transliteration: yâqûwsh
Pronunciation: yaw-koosh'
Description: passive participle of יָקֹשׁ; properly, entangled, i.e. by implication (intransitively) a snare, or (transitive) a snarer; fowler, snare. - Strong's Number: H5324
There are 75 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נָצַב
Transliteration: nâtsab
Pronunciation: naw-tsab'
Description: a primitive root; to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively); appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state. - Strong's Number: H4889
There are 11 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מַשְׁחִית
Transliteration: mashchîyth
Pronunciation: mash-kheeth'
Description: from שָׁחַת; destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption); corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, [idiom] utterly. - Strong's Number: H3920
There are 112 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לָכַד
Transliteration: lâkad
Pronunciation: law-kad'
Description: a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere; [idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take. - Strong's Number: H582
There are 648 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ
Transliteration: ʼĕnôwsh
Pronunciation: en-oshe'
Description: from אָנַשׁ; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified אָדָם); hence,; a man in general (singly or collectively); another, [idiom] (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, [idiom] in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some ([idiom] of them), [phrase] stranger, those, [phrase] their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare אִישׁ.