Jeremiah 10:8
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
In context
6 There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
7 Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
8 But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz— the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
10 But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
Jeremiah 10:8 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
- KJV King James Version
- But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
- WEB World English Bible
- But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.
- DBY Darby Translation
- But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.