Jeremiah 17:5,7
Jeremiah 17:5-6 The Message (MSG)
GOD’s Message: “Cursed is the strong one who depends on mere humans, Who thinks he can make it on muscle alone and sets GOD aside as dead weight. He’s like a tumbleweed on the prairie, out of touch with the good earth. He lives rootless and aimless in a land where nothing grows.
Jeremiah 17:7-8 The Message (MSG)
“But blessed is the man who trusts me, GOD, the woman who sticks with GOD. They’re like trees replanted in Eden, putting down roots near the rivers— Never a worry through the hottest of summers, never dropping a leaf, Serene and calm through droughts, bearing fresh fruit every season. * * *
Jeremiah 17:5 King James Version (KJV)
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:7 King James Version (KJV)
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Jeremiah 17:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Thus says the LORD, “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:5 New Century Version (NCV)
This is what the LORD says: “A curse is placed on those who trust other people, who depend on humans for strength, who have stopped trusting the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:7 New Century Version (NCV)
“But the person who trusts in the LORD will be blessed. The LORD will show him that he can be trusted.
Jeremiah 17:5 American Standard Version (ASV)
Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.
Jeremiah 17:7 American Standard Version (ASV)
Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose trust Jehovah is.
Jeremiah 17:5 New International Version (NIV)
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:7 New International Version (NIV)
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him.
Jeremiah 17:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his strength, Whose heart departs from the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, And whose hope is the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶Thus says the LORD, “Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind, Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength, And whose mind and heart turn away from the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Blessed [with spiritual security] is the man who believes and trusts in and relies on the LORD And whose hope and confident expectation is the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:5 New Living Translation (NLT)
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the LORD.
Jeremiah 17:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
“But blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.
Jeremiah 17:5 The Passion Translation (TPT)
YAHWEH said to me: “Even a strong person is cursed when his confidence rests in his own strength. To place your confidence in the strength of man means that you are turning your heart away from me.
Jeremiah 17:7 The Passion Translation (TPT)
“I will bless with happiness the one who trusts in me, the one who trusts in me alone.
Jeremiah 17:5 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD.
