Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

But they are altogether stupid and foolish
In their discipline of delusion—their idol is wood!

King James Version

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Everyone is stupid and senseless. They follow worthless instruction from a piece of wood!

A Conservative Version

But they are together brutish and foolish, the instruction of idols! It is but a block of wood.

American Standard Version

But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

Amplified


But they are altogether irrational and stupid and foolish
In their discipline of delusion—their idol is [only] wood [it is ridiculous, empty and worthless]!

Bible in Basic English

But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.

Darby Translation

But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.

Julia Smith Translation

And in one they will become brutish, and they will be foolish: the tree itself a correction of vanities.

King James 2000

But they are altogether senseless and foolish: the wooden idol is a doctrine of vanities.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{At the same time} they are stupid and foolish, [in the] instruction of idols, it [is] wood.

Modern King James verseion

But they are all at once foolish and animal-like; the tree is an example of vanities.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They are altogether unlearned and unwise. All their cunning is but vanity:

NET Bible

The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

New Heart English Bible

But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols. it is but a stock.

The Emphasized Bible

But at once, do they become brutish and stupid, - An example of utmost vanity, is, a tree!

Webster

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

World English Bible

But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

בּער 
Ba`ar 
Usage: 94

and foolish
כּסל 
Kacal 
Usage: 1

the stock
עץ 
`ets 
Usage: 329

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

False Gods Contrasted With The Creator

7 Who would not fear you, O King of the nations? For this is your due; for among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like you. 8 But they are altogether stupid and foolish
In their discipline of delusion—their idol is wood!
9 Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is violet and purple; they are all the work of skilled men.

Cross References

Isaiah 41:29

Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their metal images are empty wind.

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.

Habakkuk 2:18

"What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!

Zechariah 10:2

For the household gods utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; they tell false dreams and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.

Psalm 115:8

Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.

Psalm 135:18

Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them!

Isaiah 44:19

No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, "Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?"

Jeremiah 2:27

who say to a tree, 'You are my father,' and to a stone, 'You gave me birth.' For they have turned their back to me, and not their face. But in the time of their trouble they say, 'Arise and save us!'

Jeremiah 4:22

"For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are 'wise'--in doing evil! But how to do good they know not."

Jeremiah 51:17-18

Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.

Hosea 4:12

My people inquire of a piece of wood, and their walking staff gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have left their God to play the whore.

Romans 1:21-22

For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

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