Jeremiah 23:21
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
American King James Version (AKJV)
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
American Standard Version (ASV)
I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
I did not send these prophets, but they went running: I said nothing to them, but they gave out the prophet's word.
Webster's Revision
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied.
World English Bible
I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I didn't speak to them, yet they prophesied.
English Revised Version (ERV)
I sent not these prophets, yet they ran: I spake not unto them, yet they prophesied.
Clarke's Jeremiah 23:21 Bible Commentary
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran - Not to save souls, but to profit themselves.
I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied - They never received the word at my mouth; yet they went, publishing their own deceits, and pretending them to be revelations from God. The churches which have legal emoluments are ever in danger of being overrun and ruined by worldly and self-interested priests.
Barnes's Jeremiah 23:21 Bible Commentary
Ran - i. e., hurried to take upon them the responsibilites of the prophetic office.