Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 4:22 in other translations
| BSB | “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.” |
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| WEB | “For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.” |
| ASV | For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. |
| YLT | For my people are foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons are they, yea, they are not intelligent, Wise are they to do evil, And to do good they have not known. |
| DARBY | For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. |
| BBE | For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good. |
| Webster | For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. |
What does Jeremiah 4:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 4:19-31
The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion. Compared with what it was, every thing is out of order; but the ruin of the Jewish nation would not be final. Every end of our comforts is not a full end. Though the Lord may correct his people very severely, yet he will not cast them off. Ornaments and false colouring would be of no avail. No outward…
Jeremiah 4:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 4:22
- 1 Corinthians 14:20
Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
- Romans 16:19
For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
- Jeremiah 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
- Romans 3:11
There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
- Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
- Romans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
- Hosea 5:4
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.
- Micah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- John 16:3
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
- Isaiah 6:9-10
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
- Romans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
- Deuteronomy 32:28
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5:4,21; 8:7-9; De 32:6,28; Ps 14:1-4; Isa 1:3; 6:9,10; 27:11
Isa 29:10-12; 42:19,20; Ho 4:1,6; Mt 23:16-26; Ro 1:22; 3:11
they have.
Ho 5:4; Joh 16:3; Ro 1:28; 1Co 1:20,21
they are wise.
2Sa 13:3; 16:21-23; Mic 2:1; Lu 16:8; Ro 16:19; 1Co 14:20
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Context
- Jeremiah 4:21
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
- Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Jeremiah 4:23
I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Jeremiah 4:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque mi pueblo es necio; no me conocieron los hijos ignorantes y los no entendidos; sabios para mal hacer, y para bien hacer no supieron. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car mon peuple est fou, ils ne m’ont pas connu; ce sont des fils insensés, ils n’ont pas d’intelligence; ils sont sages pour faire le mal, mais ils ne savent pas faire le bien. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn mein Volk ist närrisch, mich kennen sie nicht; törichte Kinder sind sie und unverständig. Weise sind sie, Böses zu tun; aber Gutes zu tun verstehen sie nicht. - |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quia stultus populus meus me non cognovit: filii insipientes sunt et vecordes: sapientes sunt ut faciant mala, bene autem facere nescierunt. |