They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see.
Jeremiah 51:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Everyone is stupid and without knowledge; goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols, for their images are false, and there is no breath in them. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Every man has become stupid and brutelike, without knowledge [of God]; every goldsmith is put to shame by the images he has made; for his molten idols are a lie, and there is no breath [of life] in them. American Standard Version (1901) Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. Common English Bible Everyone is too foolish to understand; every smith is shamed by his idols, for their images are shams; they aren’t alive. Catholic Public Domain Version Each man has become foolish before his own knowledge. Each sculptor has been confounded by his own sculpture. For what he has formed of them is a lie, and there is no spirit in them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Every man is become foolish by his knowledge: every founder is confounded by his idol, for what he hath cast is a lie, and there is no breath in them. |
They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see.
The Lord looks down from heaven on humankind to see if there are any who are wise, who seek after God.
Everyone is stupid and without knowledge; goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols, for their images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Declare among the nations and proclaim; set up a banner and proclaim; do not conceal it, say: “Babylon is taken; Bel is put to shame; Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame; her idols are dismayed.”