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Jeremiah 8:6

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 6 I paid attention and kept listening, but the way they spoke was not right.
  
  Not a man repented over his wickedness or asked, ‘What have I done?’+
  
  Each one keeps returning to the popular course, like a horse dashing into the battle.

Jeremiah 8:6

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 6 I have paid attention,+ and I kept listening.+ It was not right the way they kept speaking. There was not a man repenting over his badness,+ saying, ‘What have I done?’ Each one is going back into the popular course,+ like a horse that is dashing into the battle.

Jeremiah 8:6

The Bible in Living English
- 6 * I have listened and heard; they are not talking straightforwardly. There is not a man that repents of his fault with “What have I been doing?” they are everyone roving wherever they can run, like a pony running about in a battle.

Jeremiah 8:6

American Standard Version
- 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turneth to his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle.

Jeremiah 8:6

The Emphasized Bible
- 6 I hearkened and heard—Not aright did they speak,—Not a man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done! They have every one turned to their course again, Like a horse sweeping on through the battle.

Jeremiah 8:6

King James Version
- 6 I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.