8But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.


In Context

5 They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.

6 There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

7 Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.

8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

9 There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.

10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

Jeremiah 10:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:8They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:8They shall all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8But they are one and all senseless and foolish; the teaching of vanities is a stock.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:8But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols, it is but a stock.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:8And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities is the tree itself.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.