They have mouths, but they don't speak. They have eyes, but they don't see.
Jeremiah 51:17 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 don't speak. They have eyes, but they don't see.
Those who make them will be like them; yes, everyone who trusts in them.
The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.
Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Declare you among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don't conceal: say, Bavel is taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodakh is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.