Jeremiah 51:17–18
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — The New International Version (NIV)
17 “Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;
they have no breath in them.
18 They are worthless, the objects of mockery;
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
17 Every man is brutish by his knowledge;
Every founder is confounded by the graven image:
For his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
18 They are vanity, the work of errors:
In the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — New Living Translation (NLT)
17 The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge!
The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,
for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.
These idols have no breath or power.
18 Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies!
On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
17 Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge;
Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image;
For his molded image is falsehood,
And there is no breath in them.
18 They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — New Century Version (NCV)
17 “People are so stupid and know so little.
Goldsmiths are made ashamed by their idols,
because those statues are only false gods.
They have no breath in them.
18 They are worth nothing; people make fun of them.
When they are judged, they will be destroyed.
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — American Standard Version (ASV)
17 Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 18 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
17 Every man is become brutish, so as to have no knowledge; every founder is put to shame by the graven image, for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 18 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
17 Everyone is stupid and ignorant.
Metalsmiths are put to shame by their idols.
Their statues are false ⸤gods⸥.
18 They can’t breathe.
They are worthless jokes.
When they are punished, they will disappear.
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
17 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.
18 They are worthless, a work to be mocked.
At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
17 Everyone is stupid and without knowledge;
goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols;
for their images are false,
and there is no breath in them.
18 They are worthless, a work of delusion;
at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
17 All humankind turns out to be stupid,
without knowledge.
Every goldsmith is put to shame
by the divine image.
For his cast image is a lie,
and there is no breath in them.
18 They are worthless,
a work of mockery.
At the time of their punishment,
they will perish.
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
17 “No one has any sense.
No one knows anything.
Everyone who works with gold is put to shame
by his wooden gods.
His metal gods are fakes.
They can’t even breathe.
18 They are worthless. People make fun of them.
When I judge them, they will be destroyed.
Jeremiah 51:17–18 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
17 All mankind is stupid, devoid of knowledge;
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols,
For his molten images are deceitful,
And there is no breath in them.
18 They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time of their punishment they will perish.