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Jeremiah 9:3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 3 They bend their tongue like a bow;
  Falsehood, not faithfulness, prevails in the land.+
  
  “They advance from evil to evil,
  And they pay no attention to me,”+ declares Jehovah.

Jeremiah 9:3

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 3 and they bend their tongue as their bow in falsehood;+ but not for faithfulness have they proved mighty in the land.*
  
  “For from badness to badness they went forth, and they ignored even me,”+ is the utterance of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 9:3

The Bible in Living English
- 3 * and bend their tongues as a bow; falsehood and not good faith dominates in the country. For they proceed from wickedness to wickedness, and me they do not know, quoth Jehovah.

Jeremiah 9:3

American Standard Version
- 3 And they bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 9:3

The Emphasized Bible
- 3 Who have prepared their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And not by faithfulness have they become mighty in the land,—For from wickedness unto wickedness have they gone forth, But me have they not known, Declareth Yahweh.

Jeremiah 9:3

King James Version
- 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.