Jeremiah 10:8,21 - Compare All Versions

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They are all senseless and foolish; they are taught by worthless wooden idols.

The shepherds are senseless and do not inquire of the LORD; so they do not prosper and all their flock is scattered.

They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!

For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the LORD; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

People who worship idols are stupid and foolish. The things they worship are made of wood!

The shepherds of my people have lost their senses. They no longer seek wisdom from the LORD. Therefore, they fail completely, and their flocks are scattered.

They are both stupid and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!

For the shepherds are stupid: They don’t seek the  LORD.  Therefore they have not prospered, and their whole flock is scattered.

But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish; A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine.

For the shepherds have become dull-hearted, And have not sought the LORD; Therefore they shall not prosper, And all their flocks shall be scattered.

All this is nothing compared to you, O GOD. You’re wondrously great, famously great. Who can fail to be impressed by you, King of the nations? It’s your very nature to be worshiped! Look far and wide among the elite of the nations. The best they can come up with is nothing compared to you. Stupidly, they line them up—a lineup of sticks, good for nothing but making smoke. Gilded with silver foil from Tarshish, covered with gold from Uphaz, Hung with violet and purple fabrics— no matter how fancy the sticks, they’re still sticks.

It’s because our leaders are stupid. They never asked GOD for counsel, And so nothing worked right. The people are scattered all over.

But they are altogether stupid and foolish; The instruction from idols is nothing but wood!

For the shepherds have become stupid And have not sought the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, And all their flock is scattered.

But they are altogether irrational and stupid and foolish In their discipline of delusion—their idol is [only] wood [it is ridiculous, empty and worthless]!

For the shepherds [of the people] have become [like brutes,] irrational and stupid, And have not searched for the LORD or asked about Him or realized their need for Him; Therefore they have not been wise and have not prospered, And all their flocks are scattered.

The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

For our leaders are stupid. They have not sought the LORD’s advice. So they do not act wisely, and the people they are responsible for have all been scattered.