Jeremiah 5:2

Brenton's Septuagint

The Lord lives, they say; do they not therefore swear falsely?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When they say, “As the Lord lives,”they are swearing falsely.

Hebrew Names Version
Though they say, As the LORD lives; surely they swear falsely.

King James Version
And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.

English Standard Version
Though they say, "As the Lord lives," yet they swear falsely.

New American Standard Bible
"And although they say, 'As the LORD lives,' Certainly they swear falsely."

New Century Version
Although the people say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!' they don't really mean it."

Amplified Bible
"And though they say, 'As the LORD lives,' Surely they swear [their oaths] falsely."

World English Bible
Though they say, As Yahweh lives; surely they swear falsely.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For though they say, The Lord liueth, yet doe they sweare falsely.

Legacy Standard Bible
And if they say, ‘As Yahweh lives,'Then they swear to a lie."

Berean Standard Bible
Although they say, "As surely as the LORD lives," they are swearing falsely.

Contemporary English Version
Everyone breaks promises made in my name."

Complete Jewish Bible
And though they say, ‘As Adonai lives,' the fact is that they are swearing falsely."

Darby Translation
And if they say, [As] Jehovah liveth! surely they swear falsely.

Easy-to-Read Version
The people make promises and say, ‘As the Lord lives.' But they don't really mean it!"

George Lamsa Translation
And though they say, The LORD lives; truly they swear falsely.

Good News Translation
Even though you claim to worship the Lord , you do not mean what you say.

Lexham English Bible
And though they say, ‘As Yahweh lives,' therefore they swear falsely."

Literal Translation
And though they say, As Jehovah lives, surely they swear falsely.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For though they can saye: the LORDE lyueth, yet do they sweare to disceaue:

American Standard Version
And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.

Bible in Basic English
And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And though they say: 'As the LORD liveth', surely they swear falsely.

King James Version (1611)
And though they say, The Lord liueth, surely they sweare falsely.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For though they can say, the Lorde lyueth: yet they sweare to deceaue.

English Revised Version
And though they say, As the LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if also thei seien, The Lord lyueth, yhe, thei schulen swere this falsli.

Update Bible Version
And if they say, As Yahweh lives; surely they swear falsely.

Webster's Bible Translation
And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

New English Translation
These people make promises in the name of the Lord . But the fact is, what they swear to is really a lie."

New King James Version
Though they say, "As the LORD lives,' Surely they swear falsely."

New Living Translation
But even when they are under oath, saying, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,' they are still telling lies!"

New Life Bible
Even if they say, ‘As the Lord lives,' for sure their promises are false."

New Revised Standard
Although they say, "As the Lord lives," yet they swear falsely.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Even though they say By the life of Yahweh, Yet in fact falsely, do they swear.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.

Revised Standard Version
Though they say, "As the LORD lives," yet they swear falsely.

Young's Literal Translation
And if they say, `Jehovah liveth,' Surely to a falsehood they swear.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"And although they say, 'As the LORD lives,' Surely they swear falsely."

Contextual Overview

¹ Run ye about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and know, and seek in her broad places, if ye can find one, if there is any one that does judgment, and seeks faithfulness; and I will pardon them, saith the Lord. ² The Lord lives, they say; do they not therefore swear falsely? ³ O Lord, thine eyes are upon faithfulness: thou hast scourged them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return. ⁴ Then I said, It may be they are poor; for they are weak, for they know not the way of the Lord, or the judgment of God. ⁵ I will go to the rich men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of God: but, behold, with one consent they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds. ⁶ Therefore has a lion out of the forest smitten them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to their houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings. ⁷ In what way shall I forgive thee for these things? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots’ houses. ⁸ They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbour’s wife. ⁹ Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

though: Jeremiah 4:2, Jeremiah 7:9, Leviticus 19:12, Isaiah 48:1, Hosea 4:1, Hosea 4:2, Hosea 4:15, Hosea 10:4, Zechariah 5:3, Zechariah 5:4, Malachi 3:5, 1 Timothy 1:10, 2 Timothy 3:5, Titus 1:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:15 - By the life Leviticus 6:3 - sweareth Deuteronomy 6:13 - shalt swear 1 Samuel 19:6 - sware 1 Samuel 20:21 - as the 1 Kings 17:12 - As the Lord Job 27:2 - God liveth Psalms 24:4 - sworn Isaiah 29:13 - Forasmuch Isaiah 59:15 - truth Jeremiah 2:6 - Where Jeremiah 12:16 - my name Jeremiah 42:5 - The Lord be Jeremiah 44:26 - The Lord God Ezekiel 17:13 - taken an oath of him Ezekiel 17:19 - surely

Cross-References

Genesis 1:27
And God made man, according to the image of God he made him, male and female he made them.

Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.

Genesis 2:23
And Adam said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of her husband.

Malachi 2:15
And did he not do well? and there was the residue of his spirit. But ye said, What does God seek but a seed? But take ye heed to your spirit, and forsake not the wife of thy youth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And though they say, the Lord liveth,.... It might be said, that there were multitudes that made mention of the name of the Lord, that professed it, and swore by it; which sometimes is put for the worship and service of God, Deuteronomy 10:20 and therefore it could not be so difficult a matter to find a man of integrity and uprightness among them; this is answered by allowing there were persons that did do so: but then it must be observed,

that surely they swear falsely; they abused the name of God, and were guilty of perjury: or the sense is, they were only nominal professors, hypocritical worshippers; in words professed to know God, but in works denied him; had a form of religion and godliness, but without the power of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though they take the most binding form of oath, they do so only as a means of deceiving others.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 5:2. The Lord liveth — Though they profess to bind themselves by Jehovah, as if they acknowledged him their God and only Lord, yet they swore falsely; for not believing in him, they took a false oath; one by which they did not believe themselves bound, not acknowledging him as their Lord. See on Jeremiah 4:2.