Verse List for JER 8:8

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OET (OET-RV) How can you all say that you’re wise and that you have Yahwehs instructions? ⇔ Honestly, the quills of deceitful scribes have made it into a lie.

OET-LV How will _you(pl)_say are_wise we and_the _law _of YHWH is_with_us truly HERE into_falsehood it _has _made_it a _stylus _of falsehood _of scribes.

ULT How can you say, “We are wise, and the law of Yahweh, is with us”? ⇔ Indeed, behold! The stylus of the deceitful scribes have made, it a deceitful thing.

UST Your men who teach you the laws that Moses wrote have been saying false things about those laws. ⇔ So, they should not continue saying, “We are wise because we have the laws of Yahweh”?

BSB & MSB 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 No OEB JER book available

WEBBE & WMBB ⇔  “‘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 • How can you say, ‘We are wise and the law of Yahweh is with us’?
• Look, surely the lying stylus of the scribes[fn] has made it a lie.

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.

Moff No Moff 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.

Drby 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.
(How do ye/you_all say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath/has wrought/done falsely.)

SLT How shall ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah with us? Behold, surely for falsehood he made the style of the scribes a lie.

Wbstr 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-1769 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.)

KJB-1611 [fn]How doe ye say, We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with vs? Loe, certainly, in vaine made he it, the pen of the scribes is in vaine.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps 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 wise, we have the law of the Lord among us? Truly in vain hath/has he prepared his penne, and vainly have the writers written it.)

Gnva 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, 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.)

Cvdl 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 deceitful pen of the scribes, setteth forth lies:)

Wycl 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/you_all, We been wise men, and the law of the Lord is with us? Verily/Truly the false writing of scribes wrought/done falsehood.)

Luth 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 may you(pl)/their/her though/but say: We realise, what/which right is, and have the holy writing before/in_front_of us/to_us/ourselves? Is_it though/but vain lie(s), what/which the scribes set/put/place.)

ClVg Quomodo dicitis: Sapientes nos sumus, et lex Domini nobiscum est? vere mendacium operatus est stylus mendax scribarum !
(How/In_what_manner you(pl)_say: Sapientes us we_are, and the_law Master with_us it_is? really/truly a_lie worked it_is stylus liar of_scribes !)

UHB אֵיכָ֤ה תֹֽאמְרוּ֙ חֲכָמִ֣ים אֲנַ֔חְנוּ וְ⁠תוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה אִתָּ֑⁠נוּ אָכֵן֙ הִנֵּ֣ה לַ⁠שֶּׁ֣קֶר עָשָׂ֔ה עֵ֖ט שֶׁ֥קֶר סֹפְרִֽים׃ ‡

BrLXX Πῶς ἐρεῖτε, ὅτι σοφοί ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς, καὶ νόμος Κυρίου μεθʼ ἡμῶν ἐστιν; εἰς μάτην ἐγενήθη σχοῖνος ψευδὴς γραμματεῦσιν.

BrTr 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.