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


In Context

5 Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."

6 No one is like you, O Lord ; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.

7 Who should not revere you, O King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.

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

9 Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. What the craftsman and goldsmith have made is then dressed in blue and purple- all made by skilled workers.

10 But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God, the eternal King. When he is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure his wrath.

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 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.