King James Version
Jeremiah 23:30 in the King James Version says “Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.”
Jeremiah 23:30 · KJV
The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. that hath a dream: Heb. with whom is, etc
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour.
Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. that: or, that smooth their tongues
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“Therefore behold I am against the prophets”
H5030a prophet or (generally) inspired man
“that steal”
H1589to thieve (literally or figuratively); by implication, to deceive
“my words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“every one”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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