Jeremiah 51:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • Jer 10:14 : 14 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.
  • Hab 2:18-19 : 18 What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols? 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 44:18-20 : 18 They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely. 19 And none doth turn `it' back unto his heart, Nor hath knowledge nor understanding to say, `Half of it I have burned in the fire, Yea, also, I have baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And its remnant for an abomination I make, To the stock of a tree I fall down.' 20 Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: `Is there not a lie in my right hand?'
  • Rom 1:20-23 : 20 for the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world, by the things made being understood, are plainly seen, both His eternal power and Godhead -- to their being inexcusable; 21 because, having known God they did not glorify `Him' as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened, 22 professing to be wise, they were made fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.
  • 1 Cor 1:19-21 : 19 for it hath been written, `I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;' 20 where `is' the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 for, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing.
  • Jer 50:2 : 2 `Declare ye among nations, and sound, And lift up an ensign, sound, do not hide, Say ye: Captured hath been Babylon, Put to shame hath been Bel, Broken hath been Merodach, Put to shame have been her grievous things, Broken have been her idols.
  • Ps 14:2 : 2 Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.
  • Ps 53:1-2 : 1 To the Overseer. -- `On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, `There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good. 2 God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, `One' seeking God.
  • Ps 92:5-6 : 5 How great have been Thy works, O Jehovah, Very deep have been Thy thoughts. 6 A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --
  • Ps 115:5 : 5 A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,
  • Ps 115:8 : 8 Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.
  • Ps 135:17-18 : 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 10:14-15
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    14Brutish 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.

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

  • Jer 51:18
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    18Vanity `are' they -- work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.

  • Isa 44:9-11
    3 verses
    80%

    9Framers 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.

    10Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable?

    11Lo, all his companions are ashamed, As to artizans -- they `are' of men, All of them gather together, they stand up, They fear, they are ashamed together.

  • Hab 2:18-19
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    18What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?

    19Wo `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.

  • Ps 135:15-18
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    78%

    15The idols of the nations `are' silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.

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

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

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

  • Jer 10:8-9
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    8And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities `is' the tree itself.

    9Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artizan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple `is' their clothing, Work of the skilful -- all of them.

  • Isa 41:29
    77%

    29`Lo, all of them `are' vanity, Nought `are' their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!'

  • Isa 40:18-20
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    18And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?

    19The graven image poured out hath a artizan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.

    20He 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.

  • Ps 115:7-8
    2 verses
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    7Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not;

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

  • Ps 115:4
    76%

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

  • Isa 44:17-19
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    17And its remnant for a god he hath made -- For his graven image, He falleth down to it, and worshippeth, And prayeth unto it, and he saith, `Deliver me, for my god thou `art'.'

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

    19And none doth turn `it' back unto his heart, Nor hath knowledge nor understanding to say, `Half of it I have burned in the fire, Yea, also, I have baked bread over its coals, I roast flesh and I eat, And its remnant for an abomination I make, To the stock of a tree I fall down.'

  • Jer 16:20
    74%

    20Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods?

  • Isa 31:7
    73%

    7For in that day despise doth each His idols of silver, and his idols of gold, That your hands made to you -- a sin.

  • Isa 42:17
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    17Removed backward -- utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, `Ye `are' our gods.'

  • Isa 45:16
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    16They have been ashamed, And they have even blushed -- all of them, Together gone in confusion have those carving images.

  • Isa 2:8
    72%

    8And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,

  • Isa 44:15
    72%

    15And it hath been for man to burn, And he taketh of them, and becometh warm, Yea, he kindleth `it', and hath baked bread, Yea, he maketh a god, and boweth himself, He hath made it a graven image, And he falleth down to it.

  • Jer 6:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28All of them are turned aside by apostates, Walking slanderously -- brass and iron, All of them are corrupters.

    29The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.

  • Ps 92:6
    72%

    6A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

  • Rom 1:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22professing to be wise, they were made fools,

    23and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.

  • Deut 27:15
    71%

    15`Cursed `is' the man who maketh a graven and molten image, the abomination of Jehovah, work of the hands of an artificer, and hath put `it' in a secret place, -- and all the people have answered and said, Amen.

  • Isa 46:6
    71%

    6-- They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.

  • Isa 37:19
    71%

    19so as to put their gods into fire -- for they `are' no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone -- and they destroy them.

  • Ps 97:7
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    7Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him, all ye gods.

  • Hos 13:2
    71%

    2And now do they add to sin, And make to them a molten image of their silver, By their own understanding -- idols, A work of artizans -- all of it, Of them they say, who `are' sacrificers among men, `The calves let them kiss.'

  • Hos 8:6
    70%

    6For even it `is' of Israel; an artificer made it, And it `is' not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Only, in an image doth each walk habitually, Only, `in' vain, they are disquieted, He heapeth up and knoweth not who gathereth them.

  • Isa 17:8
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    8And 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.

  • Isa 29:16
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    16Your perversion! as clay is the potter esteemed? That the work saith of its maker, `He hath not made me?' And the framed thing said of its framer, `He did not understand?'

  • 2 Kgs 19:18
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    18and have put their gods into fire, for they `are' no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

  • Isa 2:22
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    22Cease for you from man, Whose breath `is' in his nostrils, For -- in what is he esteemed?

  • Ezek 22:18
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    18The house of Israel hath been to Me for dross, All of them `are' brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, In the midst of a furnace -- dross hath silver been,

  • Jer 10:3
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    3For 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,