New International Version “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. New Living Translation 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. English Standard Version Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them. Berean Standard Bible Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. Berean Literal Bible Every man is brutish, without knowledge; every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image, for deception is his molten image, and no breath is in them. King James Bible 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. New King James Version 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. New American Standard Bible Every person is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, For his cast metal images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them. NASB 1995 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. NASB 1977 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. Legacy Standard Bible All mankind is senseless, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image, For his molten images are a lie, And there is no breath in them. Amplified Bible Every man has become stupid and brutelike, without knowledge [of God]; Every goldsmith is shamed by the cast images he has made; For his molten idols are a lie, And there is no breath [of life] or spirit in them. Berean Annotated Bible Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath {ruach} in them. Christian Standard Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible 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. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version People who make idols are stupid! They will be disappointed, because their false gods cannot breathe. English Revised Version Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. GOD'S WORD® Translation Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Metalsmiths are put to shame by their idols. Their statues are false [gods]. Good News Translation At the sight of this, people feel stupid and senseless; those who make idols are disillusioned because the gods they make are false and lifeless. International Standard Version Everyone is stupid and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his own idols, for his images are false, and there is no life in them. NET Bible All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols. New Heart English Bible Every man has become brutish without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleEvery man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. World English Bible “Every man has become stupid and without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image, for his molten images are falsehood, and there is no breath in them. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionEvery man has been brutish by knowledge, "" Everyone has been put to shame—from refining a carved image, "" For his molten image [is] falsehood, "" And there is no breath in them. Berean Literal Bible Every man is brutish, without knowledge; every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image, for deception is his molten image, and no breath is in them. Young's Literal Translation Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false is his molten image, And there is no breath in them. Smith's Literal Translation 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. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleEvery man is become foolish by his knowledge: every founder is confounded by his idol, for what he hath cast is a lie, and there is no breath in them. Catholic Public Domain Version Each man has become foolish before his own knowledge. Each sculptor has been confounded by his own sculpture. For what he has formed of them is a lie, and there is no spirit in them. New American Bible Every man is stupid, ignorant; every artisan is put to shame by his idol: He molds a fraud, without life-breath. New Revised Standard Version 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleEvery man is brutish, lacking knowledge; all silversmiths are put to shame by the images they have made; for they have cast falsehood, and there is no breath in them. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Every man has gone astray from knowledge. All metal workers are put to shame by the fashioned images they have made, because they smelted a lie, and there is no spirit in them OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Every man is proved to be brutish, for the knowledge-- Every goldsmith is put to shame by the graven image-- That his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. Brenton Septuagint Translation Every man has completely lost understanding; every goldsmith is confounded because of his graven images: for they have cast false gods, there is no breath in them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context A Song of Praise…16When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses. 17Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. 18They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.… Cross References Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. Isaiah 44:18 They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand. Romans 1:21-23 For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. Jeremiah 10:14 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. Isaiah 44:9-11 All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. / Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing? / Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame. Isaiah 45:16 They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace. For his molten images are a fraud, Jeremiah 10:15 They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish. Isaiah 41:29 See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind. Habakkuk 2:18 What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak. and there is no breath in them. Habakkuk 2:19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.” Psalm 135:16-17 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. Psalm 115:5-7 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; / they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats. Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; … Psalm 135:15-18 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. … Isaiah 46:5-7 To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike? / They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship. / They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles. Isaiah 40:18-20 To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him? / To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? / One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple. Treasury of Scripture 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. Every 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. Psalm 14:2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. Psalm 53:1,2 To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good… brutish by his knowledge. 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. Jeremiah 50:2 Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. Psalm 135:17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. Jump to Previous Beast Breath Brutish Confounded Deceit Deceitful Devoid Disappointed False. Falsehood Founder Goldsmith Gold-Worker Graven Idols Image Images Mankind Metal Molten Proved Refiner Senseless Shame Shamed StupidJump to Next Beast Breath Brutish Confounded Deceit Deceitful Devoid Disappointed False. Falsehood Founder Goldsmith Gold-Worker Graven Idols Image Images Mankind Metal Molten Proved Refiner Senseless Shame Shamed StupidJeremiah 51 1. The severe judgment of God against Babylon, in revenge of Israel59. Jeremiah delivers the book of this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, 64. in token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; Apart from the Lord, human wisdom cannot discern the emptiness of idolatry. Babylon’s people and craftsmen trusted in objects made by human hands rather than in the God who created all things. Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge… every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. Though skilled in shaping precious metals, the artisan could not give life, power, or speech to what he made. When judgment came, the supposed gods of Babylon would prove unable to save either their makers or their worshipers. Jer 10:14 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge;… For his molten images are a fraud, They offered false promises of protection and blessing while possessing no divine reality. Their beauty and value could not conceal their helplessness. Jer 10:15 They are worthless, a work to be mocked.… and there is no breath in them. Unlike the living God, idols have no life and cannot act, hear, speak, or deliver. Hab 2:19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone… Persons / Places / Events 1. JeremiahA major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the judgment of Judah and the surrounding nations, including Babylon. 2. Babylon The empire that conquered Judah and Jerusalem, often symbolizing human pride and idolatry in the Bible. 3. Goldsmiths Craftsmen who create idols from precious metals, representing human efforts to create and worship false gods. 4. Idols Objects made by human hands, worshipped as gods, but ultimately lifeless and powerless. 5. Judgment The event of God's righteous assessment and punishment of nations and individuals for their sins, particularly idolatry in this context. Teaching Points The Folly of IdolatryIdolatry is senseless because it places trust in lifeless objects rather than the living God. This reflects a lack of true knowledge and understanding of God's nature. The Shame of False Worship Those who create and worship idols will ultimately be put to shame, as their objects of worship are exposed as powerless and deceitful. The Breath of Life Unlike idols, God is the source of life and breath. True worship should be directed towards Him, who is living and active. The Call to True Knowledge Believers are called to seek true knowledge of God, which leads to wisdom and understanding, rather than the folly of idolatry. The Consequences of Idolatry Idolatry leads to spiritual blindness and separation from God. Recognizing and turning away from modern forms of idolatry is crucial for spiritual health. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Jeremiah 51:17?2. How does Jeremiah 51:17 highlight the folly of idolatry in our lives? 3. What does "every man is senseless" teach about human wisdom without God? 4. How can we guard against idolatry in today's modern world? 5. Connect Jeremiah 51:17 with Romans 1:22 on human foolishness and idolatry. 6. How can we apply the message of Jeremiah 51:17 in daily decision-making? 7. How does Jeremiah 51:17 challenge the belief in human wisdom and intelligence? 8. What historical context surrounds Jeremiah 51:17 and its message about idolatry? 9. How does Jeremiah 51:17 reflect the theme of divine judgment against false gods? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 51? Jeremiah 51:17 dismantles idolatry in four strokes: universal human foolishness, the craftsman’s humiliation, the fraudulence of the product, and its utter lifelessness. The verse calls us to abandon every substitute for God and cling to the one true, living Lord who alone gives knowledge, honor, truth, and breath. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Everyכָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every man אָדָם֙ (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being is senseless נִבְעַ֤ר (niḇ·‘ar) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish and devoid of knowledge. מִדַּ֔עַת (mid·da·‘aṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1847: Knowledge Every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every goldsmith צֹרֵ֖ף (ṣō·rêp̄) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6884: To smelt, refine, test is put to shame הֹבִ֥ישׁ (hō·ḇîš) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither by his idols, מִפָּ֑סֶל (mip·pā·sel) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6459: An idol, image for כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction his molten images נִסְכּ֖וֹ (nis·kōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5262: A libation, a cast idol are a lie, שֶׁ֥קֶר (še·qer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood and [there is] no וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no breath ר֥וּחַ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit in them. בָּֽם׃ (bām) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew Additonal Resources Jeremiah 51:17 Blue Letter BibleJeremiah 51:17 Bible Gateway Jeremiah 51:17 Bible.com Jeremiah 51:17 NIV |
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