Jeremiah 5:26
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.In other versions
For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
ASV
For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.
BBE
For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.
DBY
For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.
WEB
For the wicked have been found among My people. It looketh about the covering of snares, They have set up a trap -- men they capture.
YLT
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
ENG
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
WBT
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
BSB
In context
24Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.