JER 5:27 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Ὡς παγὶς ἐφεσταμένη πλήρης πετεινῶν, οὕτως οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν πλήρεις δόλου· διατοῦτο ἐμεγαλύνθησαν, καὶ ἐπλούτησαν,
(Hōs pagis efestamenaʸ plaʸraʸs peteinōn, houtōs hoi oikoi autōn plaʸreis dolou; diatouto emegalunthaʸsan, kai eploutaʸsan, )

BrTr As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:

ULT Like a cage full of birds,
⇔ thus their houses are full of deceit,
⇔ thus they grow large and become rich.

UST Like a hunter has a cage full of birds that he has captured,
⇔ their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others
⇔ so now they are very rich and powerful.

BSB Like cages full of birds,
⇔ so their houses are full of deceit.
⇔ Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

OEB Like a cage full of birds, so their houses
⇔ Are full of (the gains of) deceit;
⇔ And so they grow great and rich,

WEBBE As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore they have become great, and grew rich.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught,
⇔ their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit.
⇔ That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.

LSV As a cage full of birds,
So their houses are full of deceit,
Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

FBV Their homes are full of their ill-gotten gains, like cages full of birds. That's why they've become powerful and rich.

T4T Like a hunter has a cage full of birds that he has captured,
⇔ their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others.
⇔ So now they are very rich and powerful.

LEB • [fn] so their houses are full of fraud. • [fn] they have become great, • and they have become rich.

5:19 Hebrew “bird”

5:19 Literally “Unto thus”

BBE As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have become great and have got wealth.

Moff No Moff JER book available

JPS As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit; therefore they are become great, and waxen rich;

ASV As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

DRA As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.

YLT As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.

Drby As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.

RV As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

Wbstr As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and have grown rich.

KJB-1769 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.[fn]

5.27 cage: or, coop

KJB-1611 [fn]As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

5:27 Or, coupe.

Bshps And like as a nette is full of byrdes, so are their houses full of that which they haue gotten with falshood and deceipt: Hereof commeth their great substaunce and riches,
(And like as a nette is full of byrdes, so are their houses full of that which they have gotten with falshood and deceipt: Hereof cometh/comes their great substance and riches,)

Gnva As a cage is full of birdes, so are their houses full of deceite: thereby they are become great and waxen riche.

Cvdl And like as a net is full of byrdes, so are their houses full of that, which they haue gotten with falsede and disceate. Herof cometh their greate substaunce and riches,
(And like as a net is full of byrdes, so are their houses full of that, which they have gotten with falsede and disceate. Herof cometh/comes their great substance and riches,)

Wycl As a net, ether a trap, ful of briddis, so the housis of hem ben ful of gile. Therfor thei ben magnefied,
(As a net, ether a trap, full of birds, so the houses of them been full of gile. Therefore they been magnefied,)

Luth Und ihre Häuser sind voller Tücke, wie ein Vogelbauer voller Lockvögel ist. Daher werden sie gewaltig und reich, fett und glatt.
(And their/her Häuser are voller Tücke, like a Vogelbauer voller Lockvögel is. Therefore become they/she/them gewaltig and reich, fett and glatt.)

ClVg Sicut decipula plena avibus, sic domus eorum plenæ dolo: ideo magnificati sunt et ditati.[fn]
(Sicut decipula plena avibus, so home their plenæ dolo: ideo magnificati are and ditati. )

5.27 Sicut decipula. Dum invicem se venantur ad mortem, et aliorum damnis atque dispendiis domos suas complent, secundum illam philosophorum sententiam, Omnis dives, aut iniquus, aut hæres iniqui. Atque utinam hæc tantum ab eis fiant qui foris sunt, et non a nobis, et venientium ad nos, non manus contemplentur, sed ora.

5.27 Sicut decipula. Dum invicem se venantur to mortem, and aliorum damnis atque dispendiis domos their_own complent, after/second illam philosophorum sententiam, Everyone dives, aut iniquus, aut hæres iniqui. Atque utinam these_things only away to_them fiant who foris are, and not/no from nobis, and venientium to we, not/no hands contemplentur, but ora.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) Like a cage full of birds, their houses are full of deceit

(Some words not found in UHB: like,cage full_of bird yes/correct/thus/so houses,their full_of deceit on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so become_great and,rich )

Here “deceit” represents the things that were taken by deceit. Alternate translation: Like a cage full of birds that a hunter has caught, wicked people’s houses are full of things that they have taken by deceiving people (See also: figs-metonymy)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) they grow large and become rich

(Some words not found in UHB: like,cage full_of bird yes/correct/thus/so houses,their full_of deceit on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so become_great and,rich )

Here “large” represents powerful. Alternate translation: “these wicked people become powerful and rich”

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