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


In Context

5 As a palm they are stiff, and they speak not, They are surely borne, for they step not, Be not afraid of them, for they do no evil, Yea, also to do good is not in them.

6 Because there is none like Thee, O Jehovah, Great art Thou, and great Thy name in might.

7 Who doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee.

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

9 Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple is their clothing, Work of the skilful — all of them.

10 And Jehovah is a God of truth, He is a living God, and a king age-during, From His wrath shake doth the earth, And nations endure not 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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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