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Jeremiah 10:8

6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

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

9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
KJV
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
WEB
But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.
ASV
But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
DARBY
But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.
BLB
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, the teaching of of vanities, it [is] of wood!
ÅB
Men alle sammen er de ufornuftige, de er dårer. En tom lære! Tre er det[^1],
OTB
De er alle sammen ufornuftige og dåraktige; læren fra avgudene er bare tre.
B1930
Men alle sammen er de ufornuftige, de er dårer. En tom lære! Tre er det, / < avgudsbilledet.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 10:14

    Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

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  • Zechariah 10:2

    For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

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  • Psalms 135:18

    They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.

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  • Psalms 115:8

    They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them.

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  • Jeremiah 51:17–18

    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.

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  • Isaiah 41:29

    Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

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  • Romans 1:21–22

    Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

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  • Habakkuk 2:18

    What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

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