Jeremiah 10:15
What does Jeremiah 10:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 10:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Vanity <FI>are<Fi> they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They are vain things, and a ridiculous work: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Context
v.14Every 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.
v.15This passage
v.16The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:21
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
- 1 Samuel 12:21
and turn ye not aside; for then would ye go after vain things which cannot profit nor deliver, for they are vain.
- Jeremiah 8:12
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
- Isaiah 41:29
Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.
- Jeremiah 10:8
But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
- Jeremiah 51:18
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
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