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Jeremiah 4:22

NETBible	The Lord answered,¹ “This will happen² because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense.³ They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”
NIV © biblegateway Jer 4:22	"My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good."
NASB © biblegateway Jer 4:22	"For My people are foolish, They know Me not; They are stupid children And have no understanding. They are shrewd to do evil, But to do good they do not know."
NLT © biblegateway Jer 4:22	"My people are foolish and do not know me," says the LORD. "They are senseless children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no talent at all for doing right!"
MSG © biblegateway Jer 4:22	"What fools my people are! They have no idea who I am. A company of half-wits, dopes and donkeys all! Experts at evil but klutzes at good."
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 4:22	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.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 4:22	"For my people are foolish, they do not know me; they are stupid children, they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but do not know how to do good."
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 4:22	"For My people are foolish, They have not known Me. They are silly children, And they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge."
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KJV	For my people <05971> [is] foolish <0191>_, they have not known <03045> (8804) me; they [are] sottish <05530> children <01121>_, and they have none understanding <0995> (8737)_: they [are] wise <02450> to do evil <07489> (8687)_, but to do good <03190> (8687) they have no knowledge <03045> (8804)_.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 4:22	"For My people <05971> are foolish <0191> , They know <03045> Me not; They are stupid <05530> children <01121> And have <0995> no <03808> understanding <0995> . They are shrewd <02450> to do <07489> evil <07489> , But to do <03190> good <03190> they do not know <03045> ."
LXXM	dioti <1360> CONJ oi <3588> T-NPM hgoumenoi <2233> V-PMPNP tou <3588> T-GSM laou <2992> N-GSM mou <1473> P-GS eme <1473> P-AS ouk <3364> ADV hdeisan {V-YAI-3P} uioi <5207> N-NPM afronev <878> A-NPM eisin <1510> V-PAI-3P kai <2532> CONJ ou <3364> ADV sunetoi <4908> A-NPM sofoi <4680> A-NPM eisin <1510> V-PAI-3P tou <3588> T-GSN kakopoihsai <2554> V-AAN to <3588> T-ASN de <1161> PRT kalwv <2570> ADV poihsai <4160> V-AAN ouk <3364> ADV epegnwsan <1921> V-AAI-3P
NET [draft] ITL	The Lord answered, “This will happen because <03588> my people <05971> are foolish <0191> . They do not <03808> know <03045> me. They are like children <01121> who have no sense <05530> . They have no <03808> understanding <0995> . They <01992> are skilled <02450> at doing evil <07489> . They do not <03808> know <03045> how to do good <03190> .”
HEBREW	wedy <03045> al <03808> byjyhlw <03190> erhl <07489> hmh <01992> Mymkx <02450> hmh <01992> Mynwbn <0995> alw <03808> hmh <01992> Mylko <05530> Mynb <01121> wedy <03045> al <03808> ytwa <0853> yme <05971> lywa <0191> yk (4:22) <03588>

NETBible

The Lord answered,¹ “This will happen² because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense.³ They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good.”

NET Notes

¹tn These words are not in the text but are supplied in the translation to show clearly the shift in speaker. Jeremiah has been speaking; now the Lord answers, giving the reason for the devastation Jeremiah foresees.

²tn Heb “For….” This gives the explanation for the destruction envisaged in 4:20 to which Jeremiah responds in 4:19, 21.

³tn Heb “They are senseless children.”