Parallel Verses
- The Message - “Their tongues shoot out lies like a bow shoots arrows— A mighty army of liars, the sworn enemies of truth. They advance from one evil to the next, ignorant of me.” God’s Decree. “Be wary of even longtime neighbors. Don’t even trust your grandmother! Brother schemes against brother, like old cheating Jacob. Friend against friend spreads malicious gossip. Neighbors gyp neighbors, never telling the truth. They’ve trained their tongues to tell lies, and now they can’t tell the truth. They pile wrong upon wrong, stack lie upon lie, and refuse to know me.” God’s Decree.
- 新标点和合本 - 他们弯起舌头像弓一样， 为要说谎话。 他们在国中增长势力， 不是为行诚实， 乃是恶上加恶， 并不认识我。 这是耶和华说的。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们弯起舌头像弓， 为要说谎话； 他们在国中增长势力， 不是为诚信。 他们恶上加恶， 并不认识我。 这是耶和华说的。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们弯起舌头像弓， 为要说谎话； 他们在国中增长势力， 不是为诚信。 他们恶上加恶， 并不认识我。 这是耶和华说的。
- 当代译本 - 耶和华说： “他们鼓舌如簧，射出谎言， 遍地充满诡诈，毫无诚实； 他们行恶不断， 不认我是上帝。
- 圣经新译本 - “他们弯曲舌头，像弯弓一样； 在这地得势的是虚谎，不是诚实； 因为他们变本加厉地作恶， 连我也不认识。” 这是耶和华的宣告。
- 现代标点和合本 - “他们弯起舌头像弓一样， 为要说谎话。 他们在国中增长势力， 不是为行诚实， 乃是恶上加恶， 并不认识我。” 这是耶和华说的。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 他们弯起舌头像弓一样， 为要说谎话。 他们在国中增长势力， 不是为行诚实， 乃是恶上加恶， 并不认识我。 这是耶和华说的。
- New International Version - “They make ready their tongue like a bow, to shoot lies; it is not by truth that they triumph in the land. They go from one sin to another; they do not acknowledge me,” declares the Lord.
- New International Reader's Version - “They get ready to use their tongues like bows,” announces the Lord. “Their mouths shoot out lies like arrows. They tell lies to gain power in the land. They go from one sin to another. They do not pay any attention to me.
- English Standard Version - They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
- New Living Translation - “My people bend their tongues like bows to shoot out lies. They refuse to stand up for the truth. They only go from bad to worse. They do not know me,” says the Lord.
- Christian Standard Bible - They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take me into account. This is the Lord’s declaration.
- New American Standard Bible - “They bend their tongues like their bows; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” declares the Lord.
- New King James Version - “And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me,” says the Lord.
- Amplified Bible - “They bend their tongue like their bow; [Their] lies and not truth prevail and grow strong in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me,” says the Lord.
- American Standard Version - 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.
- King James Version - 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.
- New English Translation - The Lord says, “These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me.
- World English Bible - “They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
- 新標點和合本 - 他們彎起舌頭像弓一樣， 為要說謊話。 他們在國中增長勢力， 不是為行誠實， 乃是惡上加惡， 並不認識我。 這是耶和華說的。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們彎起舌頭像弓， 為要說謊話； 他們在國中增長勢力， 不是為誠信。 他們惡上加惡， 並不認識我。 這是耶和華說的。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們彎起舌頭像弓， 為要說謊話； 他們在國中增長勢力， 不是為誠信。 他們惡上加惡， 並不認識我。 這是耶和華說的。
- 當代譯本 - 耶和華說： 「他們鼓舌如簧，射出謊言， 遍地充滿詭詐，毫無誠實； 他們行惡不斷， 不認我是上帝。
- 聖經新譯本 - “他們彎曲舌頭，像彎弓一樣； 在這地得勢的是虛謊，不是誠實； 因為他們變本加厲地作惡， 連我也不認識。” 這是耶和華的宣告。
- 呂振中譯本 - 他們彎了舌頭 像 弓一樣 ； 在這地得勢的是虛假、不是忠信 ； 因為他們是出於壞而歸於壞的， 連我、他們也不認識： 永恆主發神諭說。
- 現代標點和合本 - 「他們彎起舌頭像弓一樣， 為要說謊話。 他們在國中增長勢力， 不是為行誠實， 乃是惡上加惡， 並不認識我。」 這是耶和華說的。
- 文理和合譯本 - 彼彎舌如弓、以發誑言、在國中為強大、而不行信實、行惡有加無已、而不我識、耶和華言之矣、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 耶和華曰、彼民逞舌妄言、若援弓發矢、言雖不誠、偏能得志、作惡無已、不識我道。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 主曰、彼逞舌言誑、若張弓發矢、於國中得勢、非以真誠、更端作惡、 更端作惡原文作由惡進惡 不識我、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - «Tensan su lengua como un arco; en el país prevalece la mentira, no la verdad, porque van de mal en peor, y a mí no me conocen —afirma el Señor—.
- 현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “그들이 활을 당기듯이 혀를 놀려 거짓말을 쏘아대니 이 땅에는 진실이 아닌 거짓이 판을 친다. 그들은 악에서 악으로 줄달음치며 나를 자기들의 하나님으로 인정하지 않는다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - – Как лук, напрягают язык для лжи; не истиной побеждают в стране. Идут от одного злодейства к другому и не знают Меня, – возвещает Господь. –
- Восточный перевод - – Как лук, напрягают язык для лжи; не истиной побеждают в стране. Идут от одного злодейства к другому и не знают Меня, – возвещает Вечный. –
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Как лук, напрягают язык для лжи; не истиной побеждают в стране. Идут от одного злодейства к другому и не знают Меня, – возвещает Вечный. –
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Как лук, напрягают язык для лжи; не истиной побеждают в стране. Идут от одного злодейства к другому и не знают Меня, – возвещает Вечный. –
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Que chacun se méfie ╵de son prochain et ne vous fiez pas ╵à votre parenté ; car chacun s’applique à tromper ╵les membres de sa parenté. Chacun s’en va ╵en répandant des calomnies, ╵au sujet de son compagnon.
- リビングバイブル - 「彼らは舌を弓のように曲げ、不真実という矢を射る。 正しいことには縁もゆかりもない者で、 悪から悪へと進み、わたしのことなど いっこう心に留めない」と、主は言います。
- Nova Versão Internacional - “A língua deles é como um arco pronto para atirar. É a falsidade, não a verdade, que prevalece nesta terra. Eles vão de um crime a outro; eles não me reconhecem”, declara o Senhor.
- Hoffnung für alle - Nimm dich vor deinem Freund in Acht! Trau deinem eigenen Bruder nicht über den Weg! Denn ein Bruder betrügt den anderen, und ein Freund wird vom anderen verleumdet.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - “Dân Ta uốn lưỡi như giương cung bắn những mũi tên dối gạt. Chúng không thèm tôn trọng sự thật giữa đất nước. Chúng càng đi sâu vào con đường tội ác. Chúng không chịu nhìn biết Ta,” Chúa Hằng Hữu phán vậy.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “พวกเขาโก่งลิ้นเหมือนคันศร เพื่อยิงคำโกหกออกมา ความเท็จจึงมีชัย เหนือความจริง ในแผ่นดิน พวกเขาทำบาปอย่างหนึ่ง แล้วก็แล่นไปสู่บาปอีกอย่างหนึ่ง พวกเขาไม่ยอมรับเรา” องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนั้น
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “พวกเขางอลิ้นได้อย่างคันธนู ความจอมปลอมซึ่งไร้ความจริงเกิดขึ้นทั่วแผ่นดิน ด้วยว่าพวกเขาทำความชั่วเรื่อยไป และพวกเขาไม่รู้จักเรา” พระผู้เป็นเจ้าประกาศดังนั้น
Cross Reference
- John 8:54 - Jesus said, “If I were striving to get all the attention, it wouldn’t amount to anything. But my Father, the same One you say is your Father, put me here at this time and place of splendor. You haven’t recognized him in this. But I have. If I, in false modesty, said I didn’t know what was going on, I would be as much of a liar as you are. But I do know, and I am doing what he says. Abraham—your ‘father’—with elated faith looked down the corridors of history and saw my day coming. He saw it and cheered.”
- Romans 1:16 - It’s news I’m most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God’s powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else! God’s way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: “The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives.”
- Romans 1:28 - Since they didn’t bother to acknowledge God, God quit bothering them and let them run loose. And then all hell broke loose: rampant evil, grabbing and grasping, vicious backstabbing. They made life hell on earth with their envy, wanton killing, bickering, and cheating. Look at them: mean-spirited, venomous, fork-tongued God-bashers. Bullies, swaggerers, insufferable windbags! They keep inventing new ways of wrecking lives. They ditch their parents when they get in the way. Stupid, slimy, cruel, cold-blooded. And it’s not as if they don’t know better. They know perfectly well they’re spitting in God’s face. And they don’t care—worse, they hand out prizes to those who do the worst things best!
- 2 Corinthians 4:5 - Remember, our Message is not about ourselves; we’re proclaiming Jesus Christ, the Master. All we are is messengers, errand runners from Jesus for you. It started when God said, “Light up the darkness!” and our lives filled up with light as we saw and understood God in the face of Christ, all bright and beautiful.
- Hosea 4:1 - Attention all Israelites! God’s Message! God indicts the whole population: “No one is faithful. No one loves. No one knows the first thing about God. All this cussing and lying and killing, theft and loose sex, sheer anarchy, one murder after another! And because of all this, the very land itself weeps and everything in it is grief-stricken— animals in the fields and birds on the wing, even the fish in the sea are listless, lifeless. * * *
- Jude 1:3 - Dear friends, I’ve dropped everything to write you about this life of salvation that we have in common. I have to write insisting—begging!—that you fight with everything you have in you for this faith entrusted to us as a gift to guard and cherish. What has happened is that some people have infiltrated our ranks (our Scriptures warned us this would happen), who beneath their pious skin are shameless scoundrels. Their design is to replace the sheer grace of our God with sheer license—which means doing away with Jesus Christ, our one and only Master.
- Mark 8:38 - “If any of you are embarrassed over me and the way I’m leading you when you get around your fickle and unfocused friends, know that you’ll be an even greater embarrassment to the Son of Man when he arrives in all the splendor of God, his Father, with an army of the holy angels.”
- Psalms 120:3 - Do you know what’s next, can you see what’s coming, all you bold-faced liars? Pointed arrows and burning coals will be your reward.
- Matthew 10:32 - “Stand up for me against world opinion and I’ll stand up for you before my Father in heaven. If you turn tail and run, do you think I’ll cover for you?
- Isaiah 59:15 - God looked and saw evil looming on the horizon— so much evil and no sign of Justice. He couldn’t believe what he saw: not a soul around to correct this awful situation. So he did it himself, took on the work of Salvation, fueled by his own Righteousness. He dressed in Righteousness, put it on like a suit of armor, with Salvation on his head like a helmet, Put on Judgment like an overcoat, and threw a cloak of Passion across his shoulders. He’ll make everyone pay for what they’ve done: fury for his foes, just deserts for his enemies. Even the far-off islands will get paid off in full. In the west they’ll fear the name of God, in the east they’ll fear the glory of God, For he’ll arrive like a river in flood stage, whipped to a torrent by the wind of God.
- 1 Samuel 2:12 - Eli’s own sons were nothing but trouble. They didn’t know God and could not have cared less about the customs of priests among the people. Ordinarily, when someone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant was supposed to come up and, while the meat was boiling, stab a three-pronged fork into the cooking pot. The priest then got whatever came up on the fork. But this is how Eli’s sons treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh to offer sacrifices to God. Before they had even burned the fat to God, the priest’s servant would interrupt whoever was sacrificing and say, “Hand over some of that meat for the priest to roast. He doesn’t like boiled meat; he likes his rare.” If the man objected, “First let the fat be burned—God’s portion!—then take all you want,” the servant would demand, “No, I want it now. If you won’t give it, I’ll take it.” It was a horrible sin these young servants were committing—and right in the presence of God!—desecrating the holy offerings to God.
- Judges 2:10 - Eventually that entire generation died and was buried. Then another generation grew up that didn’t know anything of God or the work he had done for Israel. * * *
- Jeremiah 4:22 - “What fools my people are! They have no idea who I am. A company of half-wits, dopes and donkeys all! Experts at evil but klutzes at good.”