Revised Literal Translation
Jeremiah 10:14
14Every 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.1
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
12He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. 13When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. 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. 15They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. 16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Yhwh of Armies is his name.
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נִבְעַ֤ר כָּל־אָדָם֙ מִדַּ֔עַת הֹבִ֥ישׁ כָּל־צוֹרֵ֖ף מִפָּ֑סֶל כִּ֛י שֶׁ֥קֶר נִסְכּ֖וֹ וְלֹא־ר֥וּחַ בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear
- 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 10:8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
- Jeremiah 51:17Every 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.
- Psalms 14:2Yhwh looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
- Psalms 92:6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
- Psalms 94:8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- Proverbs 30:2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
- Isaiah 44:18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
- Isaiah 46:7They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
- Romans 1:22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
- Psalms 97:7Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
- Isaiah 42:17They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
- Isaiah 44:11Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
- Isaiah 45:16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
- Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
- Psalms 135:16They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
- Habakkuk 2:18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb 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
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- 1. Jeremiah 10:14 brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know. ↩
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
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