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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 5:26 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 5:26 |
Strong Concordance |
For among my people [05971] are found [04672] wicked [07563] men: they lay wait [07789], as he that setteth [07918] snares [03353]; they set [05324] a trap [04889], they catch [03920] men [0582]. |
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King James |
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Pro 1:11, Pro 1:17-18; Hab 1:15).
as he that setteth snares--rather, "as fowlers crouch" [MAURER].
trap--literally, "destruction": the instrument of destruction.
catch men--not as Peter, to save (Luk 5:10), but to destroy men. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They catch - Such a trap did Jezebel lay for Naboth, Kg1 21:9-10. Such an one was that conspiracy of more than forty men against Paul, Act 23:13-15. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They lay wait, as he that setteth snares - A metaphor taken from fowlers, who, having fixed their nets, lie down and keep out of sight, that when birds come, they may be ready to draw and entangle them. |
10 And [1161] so [3668] was also [2532] James [2385], and [2532] John [2491], the sons [5207] of Zebedee [2199], which [3739] were [2258] partners [2844] with Simon [4613]. And [2532] Jesus [2424] said [2036] unto [4314] Simon [4613], Fear [5399] not [3361]; from [575] henceforth [3568] thou shalt [2071] catch [2221] men [444].
15 They take up [05927] all of them with the angle [02443], they catch [01641] them in their net [02764], and gather [0622] them in their drag [04365]: therefore they rejoice [08055] and are glad [01523].
17 Surely in vain [02600] the net [07568] is spread [02219] in the sight [05869] of any bird [01167] [03671].
18 And they lay wait [0693] for their own blood [01818]; they lurk privily [06845] for their own lives [05315].
11 If they say [0559], Come [03212] with us, let us lay wait [0693] for blood [01818], let us lurk [06845] privily for the innocent [05355] without cause [02600]:
13 And [1161] they were [2258] more than [4119] forty [5062] which [3588] had made [4160] this [5026] conspiracy [4945].
14 And they [3748] came to [4334] the chief priests [749] and [2532] elders [4245], and said [2036], We have bound [332] ourselves [1438] under a great curse [331], that we will eat [1089] nothing [3367] until [2193] [3739] we have slain [615] Paul [3972].
15 Now [3568] therefore [3767] ye [5210] with [4862] the council [4892] signify [1718] to the chief captain [5506] that [3704] he bring [2609] him [846] down [2609] unto [4314] you [5209] to morrow [839], as [5613] though ye would [3195] enquire [1231] something more perfectly [197] concerning [4012] him [846]: and [1161] we [2249], or ever [4253] he [846] come near [1448], are [2070] ready [2092] to kill [337] him [846].
9 And she wrote [03789] in the letters [05612], saying [0559], Proclaim [07121] a fast [06685], and set [03427] Naboth [05022] on high [07218] among the people [05971]:
10 And set [03427] two [08147] men [0582], sons [01121] of Belial [01100], before him, to bear witness [05749] against him, saying [0559], Thou didst blaspheme [01288] God [0430] and the king [04428]. And then carry him out [03318], and stone [05619] him, that he may die [04191].