Jeremiah 23:34

False Prophecies

33“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’34As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.

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Berean Standard Bible
As for the prophet or priest or anyone who claims, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ I will punish that man and his household.
American Standard Version (1901)
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of Jehovah, I will even punish that man and his house.
Bible in Basic English
And as for the prophet and the priest and the people who say, A word of weight from the Lord! I will send punishment on that man and on his house.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people that shall say: The burden of the Lord: I will visit upon that man, and upon his house.
Free Bible Version
If a prophet or priest or anyone else claims, “This is the burden of the Lord,” I will punish that person and their family.
Geneva Bible 1599
And the prophet, or the Priest, or the people that shall say, The burden of the Lord, I will euen visite euerie such one, and his house.
King James (Authorized) Version
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
Translation for Translators
And if any prophet or priest or anyone else falsely says, ‘I have a prophecy from Yahweh,’ I will punish that person and his family.
Unlocked Literal Bible
As for the prophets, priests, and people who are saying, 'This is the burden of Yahweh' I will punish that man and his house.
Noah Webster Bible
And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house.
World English Bible
As for the prophet, the priest, and the people, who say, ‘The message from Yahweh,’ I will even punish that man and his household.
Young's Literal Translation
And the prophet, and the priest, and the people, That saith, The burden of Jehovah, I have seen after that man, and after his house.