Quran 74 : 45

And we used to indulge in vain talk with the vain talkers,
وَكُنَّا
Wakunnā
نَخُوضُ
Nakhūḍu
مَعَ
Maʿa
ٱلْخَآئِضِينَ
Alkhaaiiḍīna
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
We plunged in with the plunger
Aisha Bewley
We plunged with those who plunged
Mustaqim
And we joked with those who joked,
Fode Drame
and we used to wade with the waders
Arthur John Arberry
and we plunged along with the plungers
Linda "iLham" Barto
“We talked [in vain] with gossipers.
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And we have been wading with the waders
Rashad Khalifa
"We blundered with the blunderers.
Irving/Hegab
We speculated along with the speculators
T.B.Irving
We speculated along with the speculators
Ali Quli Qara'i
We used to gossip along with the gossipers
Abdul Hye
we used to talk falsehood with vain talkers
Bilal Muhammad 2018
“But we used to speak vainly with vain people
Muhammad Sarwar
We indulged and persisted in useless disputes
Talal Itani (2012)
And we used to indulge with those who indulge
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And we indulged in vain talk with vain talkers
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
And we used to indulge with those who indulged.
Samy Mahdy
And we were discoursed, with the discoursing ones.
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall
We used to wade (in vain dispute) with (all) waders
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
"But we used to talk vanities with vain talkers
John Medows Rodwell
And we plunged into vain disputes with vain disputers
MunirMezyed2023
We used to indulge in vain disputes along with others.
Edward Henry Palmer
but we did plunge into discussion with those who plunged
Musharraf Hussain
busy doing evil and friends of those who were frivolous.
N J Dawood 2014
We engaged in vain discourse with those who engaged in i
Abdel Haleem
we indulged with others [in mocking the believers]
Corpus.Quran
And we used to indulge in vain talk with the vain talkers
Bijan Moeinian
“We joined those who were mocking at religion.”
The Study Quran
and we engaged in vain discourse with those who do the same
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
"And we used to participate with those who spoke falsehood."
George Sale
and we waded in vain disputes, with the fallacious reasoners
Sher Ali
`And we indulged in idle talk with those who indulge therein
Ahmed Ali
And plunged into useless things with those who were obstinate
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
And we used to wade with the waders, (i.e., wade in vaintalk)
Mustafa Khattab 2018
We used to indulge ˹in falsehood˺ along with others,
Maududi
and we indulged in vain talk with those who indulged in vain talk
Ahmed Hulusi
“And we indulged (in egotistic pleasures) with those who indulged!”
Amatul Rahman Omar
`And we indulged in vain talk along with those who indulged therein
Wahiduddin Khan
we indulged in vain arguments along with those who indulged in them
Muhammad Ahmed - Samira
And we were engaging in conversation with the engaging in conversation
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
and we indulged (in mocking at the truth) along with those who indulged
Munir Mezyed
We used to indulge excessively into vain disputes with vain disputers.
Syed Vickar Ahamed
"And we used to speak idle-talk with those who spoke against Truth
Shabbir Ahmed
"And we were among those who used to say what they did not do."
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
And we used to indulge in objectionable talk with those who indulge therein;
Faridul Haque
“And used to dwell on evil matters with those who think evilly.”
Mohammad Shafi
"But we used to indulge in vain talks in company of other people;"
Mir Aneesuddin
and we used to involve ourselves in idle talk with those involved in idle talk,
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International)
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who engaged [in it]
Hilali - Khan
"And we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allah hated) with vain talkers
Shakir
And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses
The Wise Quran
And we used to plunge into vain discourse with those who plunged into vain discourse,
Ali Ünal
"We used to plunge (in falsehood and sin) together with those who plunged (in it)
Dr. Kamal Omar
and we used to talk uselessly alongwith those who indulge in senseless talhead of state
Dr. Munir Munshey
"(Instead), we joined those who indulged in idle prattle (against the truth)."
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
And we had been ones who engage in idle talk along with the ones who engage in idle talk.
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
And we indulged in vain activities with those who had cast themselves into vain activities
Hamid S. Aziz
"And we used to enter into vain discourse with those who entered into vain discourses
Safi Kaskas
And we used to indulge in vain discussions with those who indulged [in mocking the believers]
Muhammad Asad
and we were wont to indulge in sinning together with all [the others] who indulged in it
Bakhtiari Nejad
and we used to enter into (false and useless) conversation with those conversing (falsely and uselessly)