Jeremiah 4:22
<< Jeremiah 4:22 >>
New International Version (©1984)
"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."

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"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."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"My people are fools. They don't know me. They are stupid people. They don't understand. They are experts in doing wrong, and they don't know how to do good."

King James Bible
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

American King James Version
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are silly children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

American Standard Version
For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Bible in Basic English
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Darby Bible Translation
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

English Revised Version
For my people is foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Webster's Bible Translation
For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

World English Bible
"For my people are foolish, they don't know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but to do good they have no knowledge."

Young's Literal Translation
For my people are foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons are they, yea, they are not intelligent, Wise are they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

Geneva Study Bible

For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are silly children, and they have no understanding: {s} they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

(s) Their wisdom and policy tend to their own destruction and pulls them from God.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

22. Jehovah's reply; they cannot be otherwise than miserable, since they persevere in sin. The repetition of clauses gives greater force to the sentiment.

wise . evil . to do good . no knowledge-reversing the rule (Ro 16:19) "wise unto . good, simple concerning evil."

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:19-31 The prophet had no pleasure in delivering messages of wrath. He is shown in a vision the whole land in confusion. Compared with what it was, every thing is out of order; but the ruin of the Jewish nation would not be final. Every end of our comforts is not a full end. Though the Lord may correct his people very severely, yet he will not cast them off. Ornaments and false colouring would be of no avail. No outward privileges or profession, no contrivances would prevent destruction. How wretched the state of those who are like foolish children in the concerns of their souls! Whatever we are ignorant of, may the Lord make of good understanding in the ways of godliness. As sin will find out the sinner, so sorrow will, sooner or later, find out the secure.


Jeremiah 5:4 Then 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.
Jeremiah 5:21 'Now hear this, O foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes but do not see; Who have ears but do not hear.
Jeremiah 9:3 "They bend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 10:8 But they are altogether stupid and foolish In their discipline of delusion-- their idol is wood!
Jeremiah 13:23 "Can the Ethiopian change his skin Or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil.
Romans 1:22 Professing to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 16:19 For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil.
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature. (NASB ©1995)

Children Evil Evil-Doing Foolish Fools Good Intelligence Intelligent Sense Senseless Shrewd Skilled Sottish Stupid Understanding Wise


For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

For my. 5:4,21 8:7-9 De 32:6,28 Ps 14:1-4 Isa 1:3 6:9,10 27:11 Ps 49:10-12 Jer 42:19,20 Ho 4:1,6 Mt 23:16-26 Ro 1:22 3:11

they have. Ho 5:4 Joh 16:3 Ro 1:28 1Co 1:20,21

they are wise. 2Sa 13:3 16:21-23 Mic 2:1 Lu 16:8 Ro 16:19 1Co 14:20

Bible Gateway: Jeremiah Chapter 4 Verse 22 NIV ESV NKJV NLT KJV Message Amplified

Alphabetical: And are But children do doing evil foolish fools For good have how in know me My no not people senseless shrewd skilled stupid they to understanding

THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright ;© 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica®. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved.

OT Prophets: Jeremiah 4:22 For my people are foolish they don't (Jer.) Christian Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Jeremiah 4:22 Bible Software
Jeremiah 4:22 Biblia Paralela
Jeremiah 4:22 Chinese Bible
Jeremiah 4:22 French Bible
Jeremiah 4:22 German Bible
Jeremiah 4:22 Danish Bible
Jeremiah 4:22 Swedish Bible
Jeremiah 4:22 Norwegian Bible
Jeremiah 4:22 Multilingual Bible

Online Bible