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

12It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens. 13When He utters His voice, there is a roar of waters in the heavens, And He makes the clouds ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the wind from His storehouses. 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. 15They are worthless, a work of mockery; At the time of their punishment they will perish. 16The Portion of Jacob is not like these; For He is the Maker of everything, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The Lord of armies 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
• personאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• isבָּעַרbâ‛ar · be brutishH1197
• stupidבָּעַרbâ‛ar · be brutishH1197
• devoidמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• of knowledgeדַּ֫עַתda‛ath · knowledgeH1847
• goldsmithצָרַףtsâraph · to refineH6884
• is putבּוֹשׁbûsh · be ashamedH954
• by his idolsפֶּ֫סֶלpesel · idolH6459
• are deceitfulשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• And there is noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• breathרוּחַrûach · spirit: breathH7307

Cross-references for Jeremiah 10:14

• Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether stupid and foolish; The instruction from idols is nothing but wood!
• Jeremiah 51:17Every 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.
• Psalms 14:2The Lord has looked down from heaven upon the sons of mankind To see if there are any who understand, Who seek God.
• Psalms 92:6A stupid person has no knowledge, Nor does a foolish person understand this:
• Psalms 94:8Pay attention, you stupid ones among the people; And when will you understand, foolish ones?
• Proverbs 30:2I am certainly more stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man;
• Isaiah 44:18They do not know, nor do they understand, for He has smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see, and their hearts so that they cannot comprehend.
• Isaiah 46:7They lift it on the shoulder, carry it, And set it in its place, and it stands there. It does not move from its place. Though one may shout to it, it cannot answer; It cannot save him from his distress.
• Romans 1:22Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
• Psalms 97:7May all those be ashamed who serve carved images, Who boast in idols; Worship Him, all you gods.
• Isaiah 42:17They will be turned back and be utterly put to shame, Who trust in idols, Who say to cast metal images, “You are our gods.”
• Isaiah 44:11Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble themselves, let them stand up, let them tremble, let them be put to shame together.
• Isaiah 45:16They will be put to shame and even humiliated, all of them; The manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation.
• Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, The work of human hands.
• Psalms 135:16They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see;
• Habakkuk 2:18“What benefit is a carved image when its maker has carved it, Or a cast metal image, a teacher of falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own handiwork When he fashions speechless idols.

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