Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
They are vanity, the work of delusions: in the time of reviewing they shall perish.
New American Standard Bible
In the time of their punishment they will perish.
King James Version
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Holman Bible
At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
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 (empty, false, futile), a work of delusion and worthy of derision;
In the time of their inspection and punishment they will perish.
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.
King James 2000
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their judgment they shall perish.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They [are] worthless, a work of mockery. At the time of their punishment, they will perish.
Modern King James verseion
They are vanity, the work of errors; in the time of their judgment they shall perish.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Vain is it; and worthy to be laughed at. And in the time of visitation it shall perish.
NET Bible
They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. 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, A handiwork of mockeries, - In the time of their visitation, shall they perish.
Webster
They are vanity, 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 errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 51:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
17 Every man was brutish from knowledge; every founder was ashamed from his carved image: for his founding is a falsehood, and no spirit in them. 18 They are vanity, the work of delusions: in the time of reviewing they shall perish. 19 Not as these the portions of Jacob; for he the former of all: and the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of armies his name.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 12:12
And I passed over in the land of Egypt in this night, and I struck every first-born in the land of Egypt from man even to quadruped: and against all the gods of Egypt I will do judgments: I Jehovah.
Isaiah 19:1
The burden of Egypt Behold, Jehovah riding upon a swift cloud and coming to Egypt: and the vanities of Egypt moved to and fro from his face, and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst
Isaiah 46:1
Bel bent; Nebo bowed down; their images were for the beast and for the cattle: your gifts were carried; a lifting up to the weary.
Jeremiah 10:8
And in one they will become brutish, and they will be foolish: the tree itself a correction of vanities.
Jeremiah 10:15
They are vanity, the work of delusions: in the time of their reviewing they shall perish.
Jeremiah 18:15
Because my people forgat me they will burn incense in vain; by their ways they will cause the paths of old to fail, to go beaten paths, a way not cast up;
Jeremiah 43:12-13
And I kindled a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he burnt them and carried them away captive: and he covered himself with the land of Egypt as the shepherd will cover himself with his garment; and he will go forth from thence in peace.
Jeremiah 46:25
Jehovah of armies, God of Israel, said, Behold me reviewing for the multitude of No, and upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt, and upon her gods, and upon her kings; and upon Pharaoh and upon those trusting in him:
Jeremiah 48:7
For because of thy boasting in thy works and in thy treasures, also thou shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his chiefs together.
Jeremiah 50:2
Announce ye in the nations, and cause to be heard, and lift up a signal; cause to be heard, ye shall not hide: say, Babel was taken, Bel was ashamed, Merodach was broken; her images were ashamed, her blocks were broken.
Jonah 2:8
They watching the vanities of falsehood will forsake their kindness.
Zephaniah 2:11
God being terrible to them, for he made lean all the gods of the earth; and they shall worship to him each from his place, all the isles of the nations.
Acts 14:15
And saying, Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of similar passions with you, announcing good news to turn you back from these vanities to the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and sea, and all in them: