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


In Context

15 The maker of earth by His power, The establisher of the world by His wisdom, Who by His understanding stretched out the heavens,

16 At the voice He giveth forth, A multitude of waters are in the heavens, And He causeth vapours to come up from the end of the earth, Lightnings for rain He hath made, And He bringeth out wind from His treasures.

17 Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false is his molten image, And there is no breath in them.

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

19 Not like these is the portion of Jacob, For He is former of all things, And Israel is the rod of His inheritance, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.

20 An axe art thou to me — weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces by thee nations, And I have destroyed by thee 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

51:18They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will 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 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.