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Jeremiah 5:26

NETBible	“Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush.¹ They set deadly traps² to catch people.
NIV © biblegateway Jer 5:26	"Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait like men who snare birds and like those who set traps to catch men.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 5:26	‘For wicked men are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch men.
NLT © biblegateway Jer 5:26	"Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind. They are continually setting traps for other people.
MSG © biblegateway Jer 5:26	"My people are infiltrated by wicked men, unscrupulous men on the hunt. They set traps for the unsuspecting. Their victims are innocent men and women.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 5:26	For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 5:26	For scoundrels are found among my people; they take over the goods of others. Like fowlers they set a trap; they catch human beings.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 5:26	‘For among My people are found wicked men ; They lie in wait as one who sets snares; They set a trap; They catch men.
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KJV	For among my people <05971> are found <04672> (8738) wicked <07563> [men]: they lay wait <07789> (8799)_, as he that setteth <07918> (8800) snares <03353>_; they set <05324> (8689) a trap <04889>_, they catch <03920> (8799) men <0582>_. {they lay...: or, they pry as fowlers lie in wait}
NASB © biblegateway Jer 5:26	'For wicked <07563> men <07563> are found <04672> among My people <05971> , They watch <07789> like fowlers <03353> lying <07918> in wait <07918> ; They set <07843> a trap <04889> , They catch <03920> men <0376> .
LXXM	oti <3754> CONJ eureyhsan <2147> V-API-3P en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSM law <2992> N-DSM mou <1473> P-GS asebeiv <765> A-NPM kai <2532> CONJ pagidav <3803> N-APF esthsan <2476> V-AAI-3P diafyeirai <1311> V-AAN andrav <435> N-APM kai <2532> CONJ sunelambanosan <4815> V-IAI-3P
NET [draft] ITL	“Indeed <03588> , there are <04672> wicked scoundrels <07563> among my people <05971> . They lie in wait <07789> like bird catchers <03353> hiding in ambush <07918> . They set <05324> deadly traps <04889> to catch <03920> people <0582> .
HEBREW	wdkly <03920> Mysna <0582> tyxsm <04889> wbyuh <05324> Myswqy <03353> Ksk <07918> rwsy <07789> Myesr <07563> ymeb <05971> waumn <04672> yk (5:26) <03588>

NETBible

“Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush.¹ They set deadly traps² to catch people.

NET Notes

¹tn The meaning of the last three words is uncertain. The pointing and meaning of the Hebrew word rendered “hiding in ambush” is debated. BDB relates the form (כְּשַׁךְ, kÿshakh) to a root שָׁכַךְ (shakhakh), which elsewhere means “decrease, abate” (cf. BDB 1013 s.v. שָׁכַךְ), and notes that this is usually understood as “like the crouching of fowlers,” but they say this meaning is dubious. HALOT 1345 s.v. I שׁוֹר questions the validity of the text and offers three proposals; the second appears to create the least textual modification, i.e., reading כְּשַׂךְ (kesakh, “as in the hiding place of (bird catchers)”; for the word שַׂךְ (sakh) see HALOT 1236 s.v. שׂךְ 4 and compare Lam 2:6 for usage. The versions do not help. The Greek does not translate the first two words of the line. The proposal given in HALOT is accepted with some hesitancy.

²tn Heb “a destroying thing.”