Jeremiah 8:11

Easy-to-Read Version

They should bandage the wounds my people have suffered, but they treat their wounds like small scratches. They say, "It's all right, everything is all right." But it is not all right!

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They have treated the brokennessof my dear people superficially,claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’when there is no peace.

Hebrew Names Version
They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Shalom, shalom; when there is no shalom.

King James Version
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

English Standard Version
They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.

New American Standard Bible
"They have healed the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially, Saying, 'Peace, peace,' But there is no peace.

New Century Version
They tried to heal my people's serious injuries as if they were small wounds. They said, "It's all right, it's all right." But really, it is not all right.

Amplified Bible
"For they have treated the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially, Saying, 'Peace, peace,' When there is no peace.

World English Bible
They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For they haue healed the hurt of the daughter of my people with sweete woordes, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.

Legacy Standard Bible
They heal the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially,Saying, ‘Peace, peace,'But there is no peace.

Berean Standard Bible
They dress the wounds of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.

Contemporary English Version
All they ever offer to my deeply wounded people are empty hopes for peace.

Complete Jewish Bible
they dress the wound of the daughter of my people, but only superficially, saying, "There is perfect shalom," when there is no shalom.

Darby Translation
And they have healed the breach of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace! when there is no peace.

George Lamsa Translation
And they try to heal the wound of the daughter of my people mockingly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.

Good News Translation
They act as if my people's wounds were only scratches. ‘All is well,' they say, when all is not well.

Lexham English Bible
And they have treated the wound of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,' but there is no peace.

Literal Translation
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, saying, Peace, peace! And there is no peace.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuertheles, they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes, sayenge: peace, peace, where there is no peace at all.

American Standard Version
And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Bible in Basic English
And they have made little of the wounds of the daughter of Zion, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people lightly, saying: 'Peace, peace', when there is no peace.

King James Version (1611)
For they haue healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Neuerthelesse, they heale the hurt of my people very slenderly, saying, peace, peace: where there is no peace at all.

English Revised Version
And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people lightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thei heeliden the sorowe of the douytir of my puple to schenschipe, seiynge, Pees, pees, whanne no pees was.

Update Bible Version
And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Webster's Bible Translation
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when [there is] no peace.

New English Translation
They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say, "Everything will be all right!" But everything is not all right!

New King James Version
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, Saying, "Peace, peace!' When there is no peace.

New Living Translation
They offer superficial treatments for my people's mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace.

New Life Bible
They have healed the hurt of My people very little, saying, ‘Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.

New Revised Standard
They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying, "Peace, peace," when there is no peace.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And so they have healed the grievous wound of the daughter of my people, slightly, - Saying, Peace! peace! when there was no peace!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: when there was no peace.

Revised Standard Version
They have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.

Young's Literal Translation
And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is no peace.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They heal the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially, Saying, 'Peace, peace,' But there is no peace.

Contextual Overview

⁴ "Jeremiah, say this to the people of Judah: ‘This is what the Lord says: "‘You know if a man falls down, he gets up again. And if a man goes the wrong way, he turns around and comes back. ⁵ The people of Judah went the wrong way. But why do the people of Jerusalem continue going the wrong way? They believe their own lies. They refuse to turn around and come back. ⁶ I have listened to them very carefully, but they don't say what is right. They are not sorry for their sins. They don't think about the evil they have done. They do things without thinking. They are like horses running into a battle. ⁷ Even the birds in the sky know the right time to do things. The storks, doves, swifts, and thrushes know when it is time to fly to a new home. But my people don't know what the Lord wants them to do. ⁸ "‘You keep saying, "We have the Lord 's teachings. So we are wise!" But this is not true, because the scribes have lied with their pens. ⁹ These "wise people" refused to listen to the Lord 's teachings. So they are not really wise at all. These "wise people" were trapped. They became shocked and ashamed. ¹⁰ So I will give their wives to other men. I will give their fields to new owners. All the people of Israel want more and more money. All of them, from the least important to the most important, are like that. Even the prophets and priests tell lies. ¹¹ They should bandage the wounds my people have suffered, but they treat their wounds like small scratches. They say, "It's all right, everything is all right." But it is not all right! ¹² They should be ashamed of the evil things they do, but they are not ashamed at all. They don't know enough to be embarrassed by their sins. So they will be punished with everyone else. They will be thrown to the ground when I punish the people.'" This is what the Lord said.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they: Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 14:14, Jeremiah 14:15, Jeremiah 27:9, Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 28:3-9, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:13, Lamentations 2:14, Ezekiel 13:10-16, Ezekiel 13:22, Micah 2:11

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 18:5 - Go up Proverbs 24:24 - that Isaiah 30:10 - speak Jeremiah 2:8 - priests Jeremiah 4:10 - Ye shall have Jeremiah 14:13 - behold Jeremiah 20:6 - thy friends Jeremiah 23:17 - Ye Jeremiah 28:9 - which Jeremiah 37:19 - your Ezekiel 13:16 - see visions Ezekiel 14:10 - the punishment Ezekiel 22:28 - prophets Ezekiel 33:8 - if thou Hosea 9:7 - the prophet Micah 2:6 - that they Zechariah 10:2 - they comfort Romans 16:18 - by

Cross-References

Genesis 8:12
Seven days later Noah sent the dove out again. But this time the dove didn't come back.

Genesis 8:14
By the 27th day of the second month, the ground was completely dry.

Romans 10:15
And before anyone can go and tell them, they must be sent. As the Scriptures say, "How wonderful it is to see someone coming to tell good news!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people,.... :-,

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

These verses are almost identical with Jeremiah 6:12-15.

Jeremiah 8:10

To them that shall inherit them - Rather, “to those that shall take possession of them, i. e., “to conquerors who shall take them by force.