Jeremiah 5:27New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— ‘Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and have grown rich.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— As, a cage, is full of birds, So, are, their houses, full of unrighteous gain,—For this cause, have they become great, and waxen rich:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— As a cage full of fowls, So their houses are full of deceit, Therefore they have been great, and are rich.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— As a cage is full of birdes, so are their houses full of deceite: thereby they are become great and waxen riche.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— As a cage [is] full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. |
As a cage
3619 {3619} Primeכְּלוּבk@lub{kel-oob'}
From the same as H3611; a bird trap (as furnished with a clapstick or treadle to spring it); hence a basket (as resembling a wicker cage).
is full
4392 {4392} Primeמָלֵאmale'{maw-lay'}
From H4390; full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially fully.
of birds,
5775 {5775} Primeעוֹף`owph{ofe}
From H5774; a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collective.
so
x3651 (3651) Complementכֵּןken{kane}
From H3559; properly set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjugation) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles).
[ are] their houses
1004 {1004} Primeבַּיִתbayith{bah'-yith}
Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.).
full
4392 {4392} Primeמָלֵאmale'{maw-lay'}
From H4390; full (literally or figuratively) or filling (literally); also (concretely) fulness; adverbially fully.
of deceit:
4820 {4820} Primeמִרְמָהmirmah{meer-maw'}
From H7411 in the sense of deceiving; fraud.
therefore
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
x3651 (3651) Complementכֵּןken{kane}
From H3559; properly set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjugation) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles).
they are become great,
1431 {1431} Primeגָּדַלgadal{gaw-dal'}
A primitive root; properly to twist (compare H1434), that is, to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride).
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
and waxen rich.
6238 {6238} Primeעָשַׁר`ashar{aw-shar'}
A primitive root; properly to accumulate; chiefly (specifically) to grow (causatively make) rich.
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046 |
Jeremiah 5:27
Their houses — They fill their houses with the goods of those they deceive, and over — reach. |
- cage:
- or, coop, This is, without doubt, a reference to a decoy or trap-cage, as Dr. Blayney renders; in which fowlers place several tame birds, to decoy the others into the snare prepared for them.
Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
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Proverbs 1:11-13 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: ... We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Hosea 12:7-8 [He is] a merchant, the balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he loveth to oppress. ... And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: [in] all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that [were] sin.
Amos 8:4-6 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, ... That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Micah 1:12 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 6:10-11 Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [that is] abominable? ... Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Habakkuk 2:9-11 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! ... For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
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