NET
KJV
4. They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
ASV
4. They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
ESV
4. They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
ERVEN
4. They make promises, but they are only telling lies. They don't keep their promises. They make agreements {with other countries. God does not like those agreements}. The judges are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.
NLT
4. They spout empty words and make covenants they don't intend to keep. So injustice springs up among them like poisonous weeds in a farmer's field.
WEB
4. They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
NLV
4. They speak empty words and make false promises, so punishment grows like weeds of poison in a plowed field.
HCSB
4. They speak [mere] words, taking false oaths while making covenants. So lawsuits break out like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
YLT
4. They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.
LITV
4. They have spoken words, swearing vanity to cut a covenant. So judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
RV
4. They speak {cf15i vain} words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
NCV
4. They make many false promises and agreements which they don't keep. So people sue each other in court; they are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.
MKJV
4. They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant. So judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
AKJV
4. They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
LXXEN
4. and what should a king do for us, speaking false professions as his words? he will make a covenant: judgement shall spring up as a weed on the soil of the field.
KJV
4. They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
AMP
4. They have spoken mere words of the lips, swearing falsely in making covenants; therefore judgment springs up like hemlock [or other poisonous plants] in the furrows of the field.
KJVP
4. They have spoken H1696 words H1697 , swearing H422 falsely H7723 NMS in making H3772 a covenant H1285 NFS : thus judgment H4941 NMS springeth up H6524 as hemlock H7219 in H5921 PREP the furrows H8525 of the field H7704 .
YLT
4. They have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.
ASV
4. They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
WEB
4. They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
NASB
4. Nothing but make promises, swear false oaths, and make alliances, While justice grows wild like wormwood in a plowed field!
ESV
4. They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
RV
4. They speak {cf15i vain} words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
RSV
4. They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
NKJV
4. They have spoken words, Swearing falsely in making a covenant. Thus judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
MKJV
4. They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant. So judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
AKJV
4. They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
NRSV
4. They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so litigation springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
NIV
4. They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements; therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a ploughed field.
NIRV
4. They make a lot of promises. They make agreements among themselves. They take oaths they don't mean to keep. So court cases spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.
NLT
4. They spout empty words and make covenants they don't intend to keep. So injustice springs up among them like poisonous weeds in a farmer's field.
MSG
4. They talk big, lie through their teeth, make deals. But their high-sounding words turn out to be empty words, litter in the gutters.
GNB
4. They utter empty words and make false promises and useless treaties. Justice has become injustice, growing like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.
NET
4. They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.
ERVEN
4. They make promises, but they are only telling lies. They don't keep their promises. They make agreements {with other countries. God does not like those agreements}. The judges are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.