Jeremiah 10:8

The Sovereignty of God

7Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You. 8But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood! 9Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz— the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.

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Berean Standard Bible
But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
American Standard Version (1901)
But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
Bible in Basic English
But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.
Douay-Rheims 1899
They shall all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood.
Free Bible Version
Yet these “wise men” are completely foolish and stupid, because they think they can be taught by useless idols made of wood!
Geneva Bible 1599
But, altogether they dote, and are foolish: for the stocke is a doctrine of vanitie.
King James (Authorized) Version
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Translation for Translators
Those people who think that they are very wise [IRO] are stupid and foolish [DOU]. The idols that they worship are only made of wood! Those idols certainly cannot teach them anything.
Unlocked Literal Bible
They are all the same, they are brutish and stupid, disciples of idols that are nothing but wood.
Noah Webster Bible
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
World English Bible
But they are together brutish and foolish, instructed by idols! It is just wood.
Young's Literal Translation
And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities [is] the tree itself.