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Jeremiah 10:14
New English Translation
Jeremiah 10:14
New English Translation
14 All these idolaters[a] will prove to be stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made.
For the image he forges is merely a sham.[b]
There is no breath in any of those idols.[c]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:14 tn Heb “Every man.” But in the context this is not a reference to all people without exception but to all idolaters. The referent is made explicit for the sake of clarity.
- Jeremiah 10:14 tn Or “nothing but a phony god”; Heb “a lie/falsehood.”
- Jeremiah 10:14 tn Heb “There is no breath in them.” The referent is made explicit so that no one will mistakenly take it to refer to the idolaters or goldsmiths.
Jeremiah 10:14
King James Version
Jeremiah 10:14
King James Version
14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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