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Jeremiah 23:22
Lying Prophets
21I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied. 22But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”
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Berean Standard Bible
But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”
American Standard Version (1901)
But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Bible in Basic English
But if they had been in my secret, then they would have made my people give ear to my words, turning them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Douay-Rheims 1899
If they stood in my counsel, and had made my words known to my people, I should have turned them from their evil way and from their wicked doings.
Free Bible Version
Now if they had attended my council, they would have delivered my instructions to my people and brought them back from their evil way of life, from their evil actions.
Geneva Bible 1599
But if they had stande in my counsell, and had declared my words to my people, then they should haue turned them from their euill way, and from the wickednesse of their inuentions.
King James (Authorized) Version
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Translation for Translators
If they had been in my council meetings, they would have been able to speak messages from me, and they would have caused people to turn away from committing evil things.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
For if they had stood in my council meeting, they would have caused my people to hear my word;
they would have caused them to turn from their wicked words and corrupt practices.
Noah Webster Bible
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
World English Bible
But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, and would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Young's Literal Translation
But — if they stood in My counsel, Then they cause My people to hear My words, And they turn them back from their evil way, And from the evil of their doings.