King James Version

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.

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כִּיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…נִמְצְא֥וּnimtsevcomeמָצָאverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “come”, a completed actionH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…בְעַמִּ֖יveamiin peopleעַםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in people”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.רְשָׁעִ֑יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.יָשׁוּר֙yashurbeholdשׁוּרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “behold”, an unfinished actionH7789to spy out, i.e. (generally) survey, (for evil) lurk for, (for good) care forbehold, lay wait, look, observe, perceive, regard, see.כְּשַׁ֣ךְkeshakhas appeaseשָׁכַךְpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “as appease”, the to-form of the verbH7918to weave (i.e. lay) a trap; figuratively, (through the idea of secreting) to allay (passions; physically, abate a flood)appease, assuage, make to cease, pacify, set.יְקוּשִׁ֔יםyequshimsnareיָקוּשׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “snare”, the ordinary formH3353properly, entangled, i.e. by implication (intransitively) a snare, or (transitive) a snarerfowler, snare.הִצִּ֥יבוּhitsivvappointedנָצַבverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “appointed”, a completed actionH5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.מַשְׁחִ֖יתmashchitcorruptionמַשְׁחִיתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “corruption”, the ordinary formH4889destructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively (corruption)corruption, (to) destroy(-ing), destruction, trap, [idiom] utterly.אֲנָשִׁ֥יםanashima certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a 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)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…יִלְכֹּֽדוּyilkodvcatchלָכַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “catch”, an unfinished actionH3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere[idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For among My people are found wicked men; they pry, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

Young’s Literal Translation

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.

World English Bible

For wicked men are found among my people. They watch, as fowlers lie in wait. They set a trap. They catch men.

Darby Translation

For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.

Douay-Rheims

For among my people are found wicked men, that lie in wait as fowlers, setting snares and traps to catch men.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For among My people are found wicked men; they pry, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For among my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught them .

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι εὑρέθησαν ἐν τῷ λαῷ μου ἀσεβεῖς, καὶ παγίδας ἔστησαν τοῦ διαφθεῖραι ἄνδρας, καὶ συνελαμβάνοσαν.