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 set up the world by his skill. He stretched out the world by his understanding. 13He speaks, and the water in the sky produces a storm. He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning flash with the rain. He brings wind out of his storehouses. Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Metalsmiths are put to shame by their idols. Their statues are false ⌞gods⌟. They can’t breathe. 15They are worthless jokes. When they are punished, they disappear. 16Jacob’s God isn’t like them. He made everything, and Israel is the tribe that belongs to him. His name is the Lord of Armies.

Jeremiah 10:14 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Every manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• is brutishבָּעַרbâ‛ar · be brutishH1197
• knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847
• every founderצָרַףtsâraph · to refineH6884
• is confoundedיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• by the graven imageפֶּ֫סֶלpesel · idolH6459
• for his molten imageנֶ֫סֶךְnesek nêsek · drink offeringH5262
• falsehoodשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• no breathרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307

Cross-references for Jeremiah 10:14

• Jeremiah 10:8They are complete idiots. They learn nonsense from wooden idols.
• Jeremiah 51:17Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Metalsmiths are put to shame by their idols. Their statues are false ⌞gods⌟.
• Psalms 14:2The Lord looks down from heaven on Adam’s descendants to see if there is anyone who acts wisely, if there is anyone who seeks help from God.
• Psalms 92:6A stupid person cannot know and a fool cannot understand
• Psalms 94:8Pay attention, you stupid people! When will you become wise, you fools?
• Proverbs 30:2I’m more ⌞like⌟ a dumb animal than a human being. I don’t ⌞even⌟ have human understanding.
• Isaiah 44:18They don’t know or understand anything. Their eyes are plastered shut, so they can’t see. And their minds are closed, so they can’t understand.
• Isaiah 46:7They lift it on their shoulders and carry it. They set the idol in its place, and it stands there. It doesn’t move from its place. If they cry to it for help, it can’t answer. It can’t rescue them from their distress.
• Romans 1:22While claiming to be wise, they became fools.
• Psalms 97:7Everyone who worships idols and brags about false gods will be put to shame. All the gods will bow to him.
• Isaiah 42:17Then those who trust idols and those who say to statues, “You are our gods” will be turned away and put to shame.
• Isaiah 44:11Everyone associated with the gods will be put to shame. The craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all get together and take their stand. They will be frightened and ashamed together.
• Isaiah 45:16Those who make idols will be ashamed and disgraced. They will go away completely disgraced.
• Psalms 115:4Their idols are made of silver and gold. They were made by human hands.
• Psalms 135:16They have mouths, but they cannot speak. They have eyes, but they cannot see.
• Habakkuk 2:18“What benefit is there in a carved idol when its maker has carved it? What benefit is there in a molded statue, a teacher of lies, when its maker has molded it? The one who formed it trusts himself to make worthless 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