Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
New American Standard Bible
In their discipline of
King James Version
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
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
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Ba`ar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 10:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
False Gods Contrasted With The Creator
7
King of the nations?
It is what You deserve.
For among all the wise people of the nations
and among all their kingdoms,
there is no one like You.
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
and gold from Uphaz
from the hands of a goldsmith,
the work of a craftsman.
Their clothing is blue and purple,
all the work of skilled artisans.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 41:29
their works are nonexistent;
their images are wind and emptiness.
Jeremiah 10:14
Every goldsmith is put to shame
by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
Habakkuk 2:18
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
Zechariah 10:2
and the diviners
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.
Psalm 115:8
as are all who trust in them.
Psalm 135:18
as are all who trust in them.
Isaiah 44:19
no one has the perception or insight to say,
“I burned half of it in the fire,
I also baked bread on its coals,
I roasted meat and ate.
I will make something detestable
and I will bow down to a block of wood.”
Jeremiah 2:27
and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.”
For they have turned their back to Me
and not their face,
yet in their time of disaster
“Rise up and save us!”
Jeremiah 4:22
they do not know Me.
They are foolish children,
without understanding.
They are skilled in doing what is evil,
but they do not know how to do what is good.”
Jeremiah 51:17-18
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
Hosea 4:12
and their divining rods inform them.
For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray;
they act promiscuously
in disobedience to
Romans 1:21-22
For though they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God or show gratitude. Instead, their thinking became nonsense, and their senseless minds were darkened.