Jeremiah 10:14
What does Jeremiah 10:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 10:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Every 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Every 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Every 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false <FI>is<Fi> his molten image. And there is no breath in them.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Every man is become a fool for knowledge, every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Every man is become brutish, bereft of knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Context
v.13When he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
v.14This passage
v.15They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Romans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
- Isaiah 42:17
They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods.
- Psalms 14:2
Jehovah looked down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there were any that did understand, That did seek after God.
- Psalms 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
- Psalms 94:8
Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- Jeremiah 51:17
Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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