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Bishop's Bible

Jeremiah 51:18

Uayne is it and an erronious worke, and in the tyme of visitation it shall perishe.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Persia;   The Topic Concordance - Idolatry;   Perishing;   Vanity;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Idol, Idolatry;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cyrus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Persia, Persians;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Babylon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Captain;   Governor;   Visitation;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They are worthless, a work to be mocked.At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
Hebrew Names Version
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
King James Version
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
English Standard Version
They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
New American Standard Bible
They are worthless, a work of mockery; At the time of their punishment they will perish.
New Century Version
They are worth nothing; people make fun of them. When they are judged, they will be destroyed.
Amplified Bible
They are worthless (empty, false, futile), a work of delusion and worthy of derision; In the time of their inspection and punishment they will perish.
World English Bible
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They are vanitie, and the worke of errors: in the time of their visitation they shal perish.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They are worthless, a work of mockery; In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Legacy Standard Bible
They are vanity, a work of mockery;In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Berean Standard Bible
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
Contemporary English Version
Idols are merely a joke, and when the time is right, they will be destroyed.
Complete Jewish Bible
they are nothings, ridiculous objects; when the day for their punishment comes, they will perish.
Darby Translation
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Easy-to-Read Version
Those idols are worthless. People made them, and they are nothing but a joke. Their time of judgment will come, and those idols will be destroyed.
George Lamsa Translation
They are worthless, the works of fools; in the time of punishment they shall perish.
Good News Translation
They are worthless and should be despised; they will be destroyed when the Lord comes to deal with them.
Lexham English Bible
They are worthless, a work of mockery. At the time of their punishment, they will perish.
Literal Translation
They are vanity, the work of errors; in the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Vayne is it, & worthy to be laughed at: & in the tyme of visitacion it shal perish.
American Standard Version
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Bible in Basic English
They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation they shall perish,
King James Version (1611)
They are vanitie, the worke of errours: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.
English Revised Version
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The werkis ben veyn, and worthi of scorn; tho schulen perische in the tyme of her visityng.
Update Bible Version
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Webster's Bible Translation
They [are] vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
New English Translation
They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.
New King James Version
They are futile, a work of errors; In the time of their punishment they shall perish.
New Living Translation
Idols are worthless; they are ridiculous lies! On the day of reckoning they will all be destroyed.
New Life Bible
They are of no worth, a false show. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
New Revised Standard
They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Vanity, they are, A handiwork of mockeries, - In the time of their visitation, shall they perish.
Douay-Rheims Bible
They are vain works, and worthy to be laughed at, in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Revised Standard Version
They are worthless, a work of delusion; at the time of their punishment they shall perish.
Young's Literal Translation
Vanity [are] they -- work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.

Contextual Overview

1 Thus hath the Lorde sayde: Behold, I wyll rayse vp a perilous wynde agaynst Babylon, & her citizens that beare euyl wyll against me. 2 I wyll sende also into Babylon fanners to fanne her out, and to destroy her lande: for in the day of her trouble they shalbe about her on euery syde. 3 Moreouer [the Lorde wyll say] vnto the the bowmen, & to them that aduaunce them selues in their armoure: Ye shall not spare her young men, kyll downe all her hoast. 4 Thus the slayne shall fall downe in the lande of the Chaldees, and the wounded in the streetes. 5 As for Israel and Iuda they shall not be forsaken of their God of the Lord of hoastes, yea for the holy one of Israels sake haue the Chaldees fylled their lande full of sinne. 6 Flee away from Babylon, euery man saue his lyfe, that ye be not rooted out with her wickednesse: for the tyme of the Lordes vengeaunce is come, yea he shall rewarde her agayne. 7 Babylon hath ben in the Lordes hande a golden cuppe, that maketh all landes drunken: of her wine haue all people drunken, therfore are they out of their wittes. 8 But sodaynly is Babylon fallen and destroyed: mourne for her, bryng plasters for her woundes, yf she may peraduenture be healed agayne. 9 We woulde haue made Babylon whole say they, but she is not recouered, therfore wyll we let her alone, and go euery man into his owne countrey: for her iudgement is come into heauen, and is gone vp to the cloudes. 10 The Lorde hath brought foorth our righteousnesse: and therfore come on, we wyll shewe in Sion the worke of the Lorde our God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

vanity: Jeremiah 10:8, Jeremiah 10:15, Jonah 2:8, Acts 14:15

in the: Jeremiah 43:12, Jeremiah 43:13, Jeremiah 46:25, Jeremiah 48:7, Jeremiah 50:2, Exodus 12:12, Isaiah 19:1, Isaiah 46:1, Zephaniah 2:11

Reciprocal: Isaiah 41:24 - ye are Isaiah 45:20 - they Jeremiah 2:5 - and are Jeremiah 10:11 - they Jeremiah 10:14 - man Jeremiah 48:44 - the year Jeremiah 51:44 - I will punish Jeremiah 51:47 - do judgment upon 1 Corinthians 8:4 - we know

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A transcript of Jeremiah 10:12-16.


 
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