Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

International Standard Version

They're worthless, a work of mockery, and when the time of punishment comes, they'll perish.

A Conservative Version

They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they shall perish.

American Standard Version

They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Amplified


They are worthless and devoid of promise, a work of delusion and mockery;
In their time of [trial and] punishment they will perish [without hope].

Bible in Basic English

They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.

Darby Translation

They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Julia Smith Translation

They are vanity, the work of delusions: in the time of their reviewing they shall perish.

King James 2000

They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their judgment they shall perish.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They [are] vanity, a work of mockery, at the time of their punishment, they will perish.

Modern King James verseion

They are vanity, the work of delusion; in the time of their judgment they shall perish.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The vain craftsmen with their works, that they in their vanity hath made, shall perish one with another in the time of visitation.

NET Bible

They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

New Heart English Bible

They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

The Emphasized Bible

Vanity, they are, the handiwork of mockeries, - In the time of their visitation, shall they perish.

Webster

They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

World English Bible

They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
הבל הבל 
hebel 
Usage: 73

and the work
מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

of errors
תּעתּע 
Ta`tua` 
Usage: 2

in the time
עת 
`eth 
Usage: 296

פּקדּה 
P@quddah 
Usage: 32

References

Hastings

Context Readings

A Hymn Of Praise To God

14 Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith is put to shame
by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
15 They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
16 Jacob’s Portion is not like these
because He is the One who formed all things.
Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.



Cross References

Isaiah 41:24

Look, you are nothing
and your work is worthless.
Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

Jeremiah 14:22

Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?
Or can the skies alone give showers?
Are You not the Lord our God?
We therefore put our hope in You,
for You have done all these things.

Jeremiah 8:12

Were they ashamed when they acted so abhorrently?
They weren’t at all ashamed.
They can no longer feel humiliation.
Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.
When I punish them, they will collapse,”
says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:19

Listen—the cry of my dear people
from a far away land,
“Is the Lord no longer in Zion,
her King not within her?”
Why have they provoked me to anger
with their carved images,
with their worthless foreign idols?

Jeremiah 51:18

They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.

Deuteronomy 32:21

They have provoked My jealousy
with their so-called gods;
they have enraged Me with their worthless idols.
So I will provoke their jealousy
with an inferior people;
I will enrage them with a foolish nation.

1 Samuel 12:21

Don’t turn away to follow worthless things that can’t profit or deliver you; they are worthless.

Isaiah 2:18-21

The idols will vanish completely.

Isaiah 41:29

Look, all of them are a delusion;
their works are nonexistent;
their images are wind and emptiness.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both stupid and foolish,
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!

Jeremiah 10:11

You are to say this to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

Jonah 2:8

Those who cling to worthless idols
forsake faithful love,

Zephaniah 1:3-4

I will sweep away man and animal;
I will sweep away the birds of the sky
and the fish of the sea,
and the ruins along with the wicked.
I will cut off mankind
from the face of the earth.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Zechariah 13:2

On that day”—this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts—“I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.

Acts 14:15

“Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

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