Jeremiah 5:26
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Note they lay…: or, they pry as fowlers lie in wait
For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.
For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- For
- Jeremiah 4:22; Isaiah 58:1; Ezekiel 22:2–12
- lay wait
- or, pry as fowlers lie in wait.
- Jeremiah 18:22; 1 Samuel 19:10, 11; Psalm 10:9, 10; Psalm 64:5; Proverbs 1:11, 17, 18; Habakkuk 1:14, 15
- catch
- Luke 5:10