Jeremiah 9:3

King James Version

³And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.

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Jeremiah 9:3

New International Version

³“They make ready their tongue
    like a bow, to shoot lies;^(A)
it is not by truth
    that they triumph^[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
    they do not acknowledge^(B) me,”
declares the Lord.

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Jeremiah 9:3 Or lies; / they are not valiant for truth

Jeremiah 9:3

New King James Version

³“And like their bow ^(A)they have bent their tongues for lies.
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
For they proceed from ^(B)evil to evil,
And they ^(C)do not know Me,” says the Lord.

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Jeremiah 9:3

English Standard Version

³^(A)They bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong^[a] in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
^(B)and they do not know me, declares the Lord.

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Jeremiah 9:3 Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong

Jeremiah 9:3

New American Standard Bible

³“They ^(A)bend their tongues like their bows;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they ^(B)proceed from evil to evil,
And they ^(C)do not know Me,” declares the Lord.