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Jeremiah 9:8

American Standard Version

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

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Jeremiah 9:8 in other translations

Their tongue is a deadly arrow.
It speaks deceit.
One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.

Jeremiah 9:8 · World English Bible

Jeremiah 9:8 in context

  1. 6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
  2. 7Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
  3. 8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.
  4. 9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
  5. 10For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passeth through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the heavens and the beasts are fled, they are gone.