For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but [how] to do good they have not known.
LXX
Jeremiah 4:22
For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but [how] to do good they have not known.
Parallel Translations
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
“For my people are foolish. They don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but they don’t know how to do good.”
Cross References
1 Corinthians 14:20Romans 16:19Jeremiah 5:21Romans 3:11Hosea 4:6Romans 1:22Hosea 5:4Micah 2:1John 16:3Deuteronomy 32:28Romans 1:28Isaiah 6:9–10Isaiah 27:11Jeremiah 13:23Jeremiah 10:8
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