Jeremiah 5:4

Jeremiah 5:4 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

4I thought, “These are only the poor;

they are foolish,

for they do not know the way of the Lord,

the requirements of their God.

4¶Then I said, “They are only the poor,

They are foolish;

For they do not know the way of the Lord

Or the judgment of their God.

4Then I said, “They are only the poor,

They are foolish;

For they do not know the way of the Lord

Or the ordinance of their God.

4¶Then I said, “[Surely] these are only the poor (uneducated);

They are [sinfully] foolish and have no [spiritual] understanding,

For they do not know the way of the Lord

Or the ordinance of their God [and the requirements of His just and righteous law].

4Then I said, “They are only the poor;

they have played the fool,

for they do not know the way of the Lord,

the justice of their God.

4I thought, “The people of

Jerusalem are foolish.

They don’t know how the Lord wants them to live.

They don’t know what their God requires of them.