18They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.


In Context

15 "He made the earth by his power; he founded the world by his wisdom and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.

16 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

17 "Every man is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

18 They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.

19 He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including the tribe of his inheritance- the Lord Almighty is his name.

20 "You are my war club, my weapon for battle- with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms,

Jeremiah 51:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:18They [are] vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

51:18They are vain works, and worthy to be laughed at, in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

51:18They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:18They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

51:18They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:18They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:18They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

51:18Vanity are they — work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:18They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.