Jeremiah 10:14

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by their idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is humiliated by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Every man{H120} is become brutish{H1197} and is without knowledge;{H1847} every goldsmith{H6884} is put to shame{H3001} by his graven image;{H5262} for his molten image{H5262} is falsehood,{H8267} and there is no breath{H7307} in them.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Every man{H120} is brutish{H1197}{(H8738)} in his knowledge{H1847}: every founder{H6884}{(H8802)} is confounded{H3001}{(H8689)} by the graven image{H6459}: for his molten image{H5262} is falsehood{H8267}, and there is no breath{H7307} in them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    His wisdome maketh all men fooles. And confunded be all casters of ymages, for that they cast, is but a vayne thinge, and hath no life.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Euery man is a beast by his owne knowledge: euery founder is confounded by the grauen image: for his melting is but falsehood, and there is no breath therein.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    His wisdome maketh all men fooles, and confounded be casters of images: for that they cast, is but a vayne thing, and hath no life.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Every man is brutish in [his] knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false `is' his molten image. And there is no breath in them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Every man is become brutish `and is' without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 46:7-8 : 7 They lift it on their shoulders and carry it; they set it in its place, and there it stays. It does not move from its spot. If someone cries to it, it cannot answer or save them from their troubles. 8 Remember this and show yourselves to be men; take it to heart, you transgressors.
  • Jer 10:8 : 8 They are all senseless and foolish; their instruction comes from worthless idols.
  • Jer 51:17-18 : 17 Every human is senseless, lacking knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them. 18 They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.
  • Hab 2:18-19 : 18 What profit is an idol when its maker has carved it, or a cast image that teaches falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own creation to make worthless idols that cannot speak. 19 Woe to him who says to wood, 'Awake!' or to silent stone, 'Arise!' Can it teach? Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath at all within it.
  • Isa 44:18-20 : 18 They have no knowledge or understanding; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their hearts so they cannot understand. 19 No one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, 'Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals, roasted meat, and ate. Now, should I make an abomination of the rest? Should I bow down to a block of wood?' 20 He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, and he cannot save himself or say, 'Isn't there a lie in my right hand?'
  • Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. 5 They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see. 6 They have ears but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell. 7 They have hands but cannot touch, feet but cannot walk, nor can they make a sound with their throats. 8 Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
  • Ps 135:16-18 : 16 They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see. 17 They have ears but cannot hear; there is no breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them will become like them; so will all who trust in them.
  • Prov 30:2 : 2 Surely I am more ignorant than anyone, and I lack human understanding.
  • Isa 42:17 : 17 They will be turned back; they will be utterly ashamed—those who trust in carved idols and say to molten images, 'You are our gods.'
  • Isa 44:11 : 11 Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, and the craftsmen are mere men. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will be terrified and put to shame together.
  • Ps 14:2 : 2 The LORD looks down from heaven on all humanity to see if there is anyone who understands, anyone who seeks after God.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!
  • Ps 94:8 : 8 Understand this, you brutish people! Fools, when will you understand?
  • Ps 97:7 : 7 All who serve carved images and boast in idols are put to shame; bow down to Him, all you gods!
  • Isa 45:16 : 16 They will all be ashamed and humiliated, all of them will walk in disgrace—the makers of idols.
  • Rom 1:22-23 : 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools. 23 And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 51:17-18
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    17 Every human is senseless, lacking knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.

    18 They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.

  • Isa 44:9-11
    3 verses
    81%

    9 All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses see nothing and know nothing, so they will be put to shame.

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    11 Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, and the craftsmen are mere men. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will be terrified and put to shame together.

  • Jer 10:15
    79%

    15 They are worthless, a work of mockery; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.

  • Hab 2:18-19
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    18 What profit is an idol when its maker has carved it, or a cast image that teaches falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own creation to make worthless idols that cannot speak.

    19 Woe to him who says to wood, 'Awake!' or to silent stone, 'Arise!' Can it teach? Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath at all within it.

  • Jer 10:8-9
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    79%

    8 They are all senseless and foolish; their instruction comes from worthless idols.

    9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz—the work of the craftsman and of the goldsmith. Their clothing is blue and purple, all made by skilled workers.

  • Ps 135:15-18
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    77%

    15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

    16 They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

    17 They have ears but cannot hear; there is no breath in their mouths.

    18 Those who make them will become like them; so will all who trust in them.

  • Isa 40:18-20
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    77%

    18 To whom, then, will you compare God? What image can you find to resemble Him?

    19 As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

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    29 Behold, all of them are worthless; their works are nothing; their metal idols are wind and emptiness.

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    7 They have hands but cannot touch, feet but cannot walk, nor can they make a sound with their throats.

    8 Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

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    4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

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    20 Can people make their own gods? Such gods are not gods at all!

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    73%

    17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol, and bows down to it. He worships it and prays to it, saying, 'Save me, for you are my god.'

    18 They have no knowledge or understanding; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their hearts so they cannot understand.

    19 No one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, 'Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals, roasted meat, and ate. Now, should I make an abomination of the rest? Should I bow down to a block of wood?'

  • Isa 45:16
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    16 They will all be ashamed and humiliated, all of them will walk in disgrace—the makers of idols.

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    7 For on that day each of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your hands have sinfully made.

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    17 They will be turned back; they will be utterly ashamed—those who trust in carved idols and say to molten images, 'You are our gods.'

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    6 How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!

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    15 Cursed is anyone who makes a carved or cast idol, an abomination to the LORD, the work of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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    28 All of them are stubborn rebels, going about with slander. They are bronze and iron; all of them act corruptly.

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    71%

    2 Now they continue to sin and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully crafted from their silver, all of it the work of artisans. They say about them, 'Those who sacrifice kiss the calves!'

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    71%

    23 And they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, animals, and creeping things.

  • Isa 46:6
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    6 They pour out gold from their purses and weigh silver on a scale. They hire a craftsman to make it into a god, and they bow down and even worship it.

  • Hos 8:6
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    6 This calf comes from Israel! A craftsman made it; it is not God. It will be shattered into pieces—this calf of Samaria.

  • Ps 97:7
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    7 All who serve carved images and boast in idols are put to shame; bow down to Him, all you gods!

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    3 For the customs of the nations are worthless. They cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.

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    19 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22 For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.

  • Isa 17:8
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    8 They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, nor will they regard what their fingers have made, neither the Asherim nor the incense altars.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6 Behold, You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely, every man is but a breath. Selah.

  • 2 Kgs 19:18
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    18 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but merely the work of human hands—wood and stone.

  • Ezek 22:18
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    18 Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are bronze, tin, iron, and lead inside a furnace—they are the dross of silver.

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