Jeremiah 10:14

Jeremiah 10:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge; Every metalsmith is put to shame by an image; For his molded image is falsehood, And there is no breath in them.

Context of Jeremiah 10:14

12The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. 13When 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. 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. 15They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish. 16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.

Jeremiah 10:14 word by word

נִבְעַ֤ר כָּל־אָדָם֙ מִדַּ֔עַת הֹבִ֥ישׁ כָּל־צוֹרֵ֖ף מִפָּ֑סֶל כִּ֛י שֶׁ֥קֶר נִסְכּ֖וֹ וְלֹא־ר֥וּחַ בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• is senselessבָּעַרbâ‛ar · be brutishH1197
• and devoid of knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847
• goldsmithצָרַףtsâraph · to refineH6884
• is put to shameיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• by his idolsפֶּ֫סֶלpesel · idolH6459
• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• his molten imagesנֶ֫סֶךְnesek nêsek · drink offeringH5262
• are a fraudשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• and there is noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• breathרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307

Cross-references for Jeremiah 10:14

• Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
• Jeremiah 51:17Every 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.
• Psalms 14:2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
• Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
• Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
• Proverbs 30:2Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
• Isaiah 44:18They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
• Isaiah 46:7They 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.
• Romans 1:22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
• Psalms 97:7All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!
• Isaiah 42:17But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
• Isaiah 44:11Behold, 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 45:16They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.
• Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
• Psalms 135:16They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
• Habakkuk 2:18What 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.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 10:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Every man is brutish - נבער nibar, is a boor, acts as a brute, who may suppose that a stock of a tree, formed like a man, may be an intellectual being; and therefore shuns the form as though it had life. See Isaiah 44:10, Isaiah 44:11. Of which verses, by the way, Dr. Blayney gives the following version to correct that of Bishop Lowth: - Isaiah 44:10. Who hath formed a god? Or set up a graven image that profiteth not? Isaiah 44:11. Behold, all that are…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14In his knowledge - Rather, “without knowledge; i. e., on comparing his powerless idols with the terrific grandeur of a tropical thunderstorm the man who can still worship them instead of the Creator is destitute of knowledge. Every founder … - Or, “every goldsmith is put to shame etc.” He has exhausted his skill on what remains an image.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-16This stanza strongly affirms God's nature.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. in his knowledge--"is rendered brutish by his skill," namely, in idol-making (Jr 10:8, 9). Thus the parallel, "confounded by the graven image," corresponds (so Jr 51:17). Others not so well translate, "without knowledge," namely, of God (see Is 42:17; 45:16; Ho 4:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 10:14

• Idolatry

In the dictionaries

• Graven image
• Molten, Image
• Cord
• Custom
• Brute; Brutish
• Covenant, the New
• Crime; Crimes
• Exodus, the Book of
• Founder
• Goldsmith

Commentaries on Jeremiah 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings