Jeremiah 10:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

As a palm they `are' stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.

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  • Isa 46:7 : 7 They lift him up on the shoulder, They carry him, and cause him to rest in his place, And he standeth, from his place he moveth not, Yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not, From his adversity he saveth him not.
  • 1 Cor 12:2 : 2 ye have known that ye were nations, unto the dumb idols -- as ye were led -- being carried away;
  • Isa 41:23-24 : 23 Declare the things that are coming hereafter, And we know that ye `are' gods, Yea, ye may do good or do evil, And we look around and see `it' together. 24 Lo, ye `are' of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination -- it fixeth on you.
  • Hab 2:19 : 19 Wo `to' him who is saying to wood, `Awake,' `Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid -- gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.
  • Isa 46:1 : 1 Bowed down hath Bel, stooping is Nebo, Their idols have been for the beast and for cattle, Your burdens are loaded, a burden to the weary.
  • 1 Cor 8:4 : 4 Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol `is' nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;
  • Rev 13:14-15 : 14 and it leadeth astray those dwelling on the land, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling upon the land to make an image to the beast that hath the stroke of the sword and did live, 15 and there was given to it to give a spirit to the image of the beast, that also the image of the beast may speak, and `that' it may cause as many as shall not bow before the image of the beast, that they may be killed.
  • Isa 44:9-9 : 9 Framers of a graven image `are' all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they `are', They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed. 10 Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable?
  • Isa 45:20 : 20 Be gathered, and come in, Come nigh together, ye escaped of the nations, They have not known, Who are lifting up the wood of their graven image, And praying unto a god `that' saveth not.
  • Ps 115:5-8 : 5 A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, 6 Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not, 7 Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not; 8 Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.
  • Ps 135:16-18 : 16 A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, 17 Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth! 18 Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 10:3-4
    2 verses
    78%

    3 For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe,

    4 With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.

  • Ps 115:4-8
    5 verses
    77%

    4 Their idols `are' silver and gold, work of man's hands,

    5 A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

    6 Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not,

    7 Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not;

    8 Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

  • Ps 135:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16 A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

    17 Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth!

    18 Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

  • 7 They lift him up on the shoulder, They carry him, and cause him to rest in his place, And he standeth, from his place he moveth not, Yea, one crieth unto him, and he answereth not, From his adversity he saveth him not.

  • 8 And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities `is' the tree itself.

  • 14 In order that none of the trees of the waters May become haughty because of their stature, Nor give their foliage between thickets, Nor any drinking waters stand up unto them in their haughtiness, For all of them are given up to death, Unto the earth -- the lower part, In the midst of the sons of men, Unto those going down to the pit.

  • 15 -- Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!

  • 24 Yea, they have not been planted, Yea, they have not been sown, Yea, not taking root in the earth is their stock, And also He hath blown upon them, and they wither, And a whirlwind as stubble taketh them away.

  • 8 Cedars have not hid him in the garden of God, Firs have not been like unto his boughs, And chesnut-trees have not been as his branches, No tree in the garden of God hath been like unto him in his beauty,

  • 5 In the misery of mortals they are not, And with common men they are not plagued.

  • 8 Even firs have rejoiced over thee, Cedars of Lebanon -- `saying': Since thou hast lain down, The hewer cometh not up against us.

  • 8 And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.

  • 5 For they attend not to the doing of Jehovah, And unto the work of His hands. He throweth them down, And doth not build them up.

  • 5 Raise not up on high your horn, (Ye speak with a stiff neck.)

  • Isa 1:29-30
    2 verses
    68%

    29 For `men' are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.

    30 For ye are as an oak whose leaf is fading, And as a garden that hath no water.

  • 5 They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

  • 9 Their houses `are' peace without fear, Nor `is' a rod of God upon them.

  • 15 Vanity `are' they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.

  • 20 He who is poor `by' heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artizan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image -- not moved.

  • 12 The righteous as a palm-tree flourisheth, As a cedar in Lebanon he groweth.

  • 9 Framers of a graven image `are' all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they `are', They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.

  • 6 Because there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great `art' Thou, and great Thy name in might.

  • 8 And he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not -- the shrines and the images.

  • 5 He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.

  • Judg 9:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10 And the trees say to the fig, Come thou, reign over us.

    11 And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

  • 14 Still they bring forth in old age, Fat and flourishing are they,

  • 18 They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.

  • 18 A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits.

  • 10 Do they not shew thee -- speak to thee, And from their heart bring forth words?

  • 19 Wo `to' him who is saying to wood, `Awake,' `Stir up,' to a dumb stone, It a teacher! lo, it is overlaid -- gold and silver, And there is no spirit in its midst.

  • 8 If its root becometh old in the earth, And its stem doth die in the dust,

  • 24 High they were `for' a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all `others' they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

  • 7 That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

  • 19 and the face of man `is' unto the palm-tree on this side, and the face of a young lion unto the palm-tree on that side; it is made unto all the house all round about.

  • 16 From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.

  • 10 And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces.

  • 28 They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.

  • 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root, They go on, yea, they have made fruit, Near `art' Thou in their mouth, And far off from their reins.

  • 10 For while princes `are' perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.

  • 19 God doth hear and afflict them, And He sitteth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, and fear not God,

  • 11 And it hath strong rods for sceptres of rulers, And high is its stature above thick branches, And it appeareth in its height In the multitude of its thin shoots.