10:4. 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.

10:4. 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.

10:4. They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

10:4. They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

10:4. They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

10:4. They utter mere words; with empty oaths they make covenants; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

10:4. They speak {cf15i vain} words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

10:4. 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.

10:4. 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.

10:4. They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

10:4. They have spoken H1696 words, H1697 swearing H422 falsely H7723 in making H3772 a covenant: H1285 thus judgment H4941 springeth up H6524 as hemlock H7219 in H5921 the furrows H8525 of the field. H7704