American Standard Version
"And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely. "
— Jeremiah 5:2, American Standard Version
“And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.”
“Though they say, 'As Yahweh lives;' surely they swear falsely."”
“These people make promises in the name of the LORD. But the fact is, what they swear to is really a lie.””
“And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.”
“And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.”
“And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.”
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.
O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.