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BSB  ⇔ How can you say, ‘We are wise,
⇔ and the Law of the LORD is with us,’
 ⇔ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes
⇔ has produced a deception?

OEB  ⇔ How can ye say, "We are wise,
⇔ And with us is the law of Jehovah"?
 ⇔ For see! the false pen of the scribes
⇔ Hath turned it into a falsehood.

WEB  ⇔ “‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us”?
⇔ But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.

WMB  ⇔ “‘How do you say, “We are wise, and the LORD’s law is with us”?
⇔ But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.

NET How can you say, “We are wise!
 ⇔ We have the law of the Lord”?
 ⇔ The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings
 ⇔ to make it say what it does not really mean.

LSV How do you say, We [are] wise,
And the Law of YHWH [is] with us? Surely, behold, it has worked falsely,
The false pen of scribes.

FBV How on earth can you say, “We're wise, and we have the Law of the Lord?” Can't you see that the writings of your teachers of the Law have turned it into lies?

T4T  ⇔ Your men who teach you the laws that Moses wrote have been saying false things about those laws.
⇔ So, why [RHQ] do they continue saying, “We are very wise because we have the laws of Yahweh”?

LEB  • are wise and the law of Yahweh is with us’? Look, surely[fn] has made it a lie.

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BBE How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.

MOF No MOF JER book available

JPS How do ye say: 'We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us'? Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought the vain pen of the scribes.

ASV How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.

DRA How do you say: We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Indeed the lying pen of the scribes hath wrought falsehood.

YLT How do ye say, We [are] wise, And the law of Jehovah [is] with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.

DBY How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? Behold, certainly the lying pen of the scribes hath made it falsehood.

RV How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.

WBS How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain he hath made it ; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

KJB How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.[fn]
  (How do ye/you_all say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.)

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BB Howe dare ye say then, we are wyse, we haue the lawe of the Lorde among vs? Truely in vayne hath he prepared his penne, and vainely haue the writers written it.
  (How dare ye/you_all say then, we are wyse, we have the law of the Lord among us? Truely in vayne hath/has he prepared his penne, and vainely have the writers written it.)

GNV Howe doe yee say, Wee are wise, and the Lawe of the Lord is with vs? Loe, certeinly in vaine made hee it, the penne of the scribes is in vaine.
  (How do ye/you_all say, Wee are wise, and the Lawe of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vaine made he it, the penne of the scribes is in vaine. )

CB How darre ye saye then: we are wise, we haue the lawe of the LORDE amonge vs? Beholde, the disceatfull penne of the scrybes, setteth forth lies:
  (How darre ye/you_all say then: we are wise, we have the law of the LORD among us? Behold, the disceatfull penne of the scribes, setteth forth lies:)

WYC Hou seien ye, We ben wise men, and the lawe of the Lord is with vs? Verili the fals writyng of scribis wrouyte leesyng.
  (How said ye, We been wise men, and the law of the Lord is with us? Verili the fals writing of scribes wrought/donee leesyng.)

LUT Wie möget ihr doch sagen: Wir wissen, was recht ist, und haben die heilige Schrift vor uns? Ist‘s doch eitel Lügen, was die Schriftgelehrten setzen.
  (How möget her though/but say: Wir wissen, was recht is, and have the holye Schrift before/in_front_of uns? Ist‘s though/but eitel Lügen, was the Schriftgelehrten setzen.)

CLV Quomodo dicitis: Sapientes nos sumus, et lex Domini nobiscum est? vere mendacium operatus est stylus mendax scribarum !
  (Quomodo dicitis: Sapientes nos sumus, and lex Domini nobiscum est? vere mendacium operatus it_is stylus mendax scribarum ! )

BRN How will ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? In vain have the scribes used a false pen.

BrLXX Πῶς ἐρεῖτε, ὅτι σοφοί ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς, καὶ νόμος Κυρίου μεθʼ ἡμῶν ἐστιν; εἰς μάτην ἐγενήθη σχοῖνος ψευδὴς γραμματεῦσιν.
  (Pōs ereite, hoti sofoi esmen haʸmeis, kai nomos Kuriou methʼ haʸmōn estin? eis mataʸn egenaʸthaʸ sⱪoinos pseudaʸs grammateusin. )