Jeremiah 51:18

Bible in Basic English

They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
They are vanity, a work of mockery;In the time of their punishment they will perish.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They are worthless, a work of mockery; In the time of their punishment they will perish.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Uayne is it and an erronious worke, and in the tyme of visitation it shall perishe.

Darby Translation
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

New King James Version
They are futile, a work of errors; In the time of their punishment they shall perish.

Literal Translation
They are vanity, the work of errors; in the time of their punishment they shall perish.

World English Bible
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.

King James Version
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Vayne is it, & worthy to be laughed at: & in the tyme of visitacion it shal perish.

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.

American Standard Version
They are vanity, a work of delusion: 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.

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 Century Version
They are worth nothing; people make fun of them. When they are judged, they will be destroyed.

New English Translation
They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
They are vanitie, and the worke of errors: in the time of their visitation they shal perish.

George Lamsa Translation
They are worthless, the works of fools; in the time of punishment they shall perish.

Hebrew Names Version
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
They are vanity, a work of delusion; in the time of their visitation 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.

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.

Berean Standard Bible
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.

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.

Lexham English Bible
They are worthless, a work of mockery. At the time of their punishment, they will 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.

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.

Good News Translation
They are worthless and should be despised; they will be destroyed when the Lord comes to deal with them.

Christian Standard Bible®
They are worthless, a work to be mocked. At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The werkis ben veyn, and worthi of scorn; tho schulen perische in the tyme of her visityng.

Young's Literal Translation
Vanity [are] they -- work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord has said: See, I will make a wind of destruction come up against Babylon and against those who are living in Chaldaea; ² And I will send men to Babylon to make her clean and get her land cleared: for in the day of trouble they will put up their tents against her on every side. ³ Against her the bow of the archer is bent, and he puts on his coat of metal: have no mercy on her young men, give all her army up to the curse. ⁴ And the dead will be stretched out in the land of the Chaldaeans, and the wounded in her streets. ⁵ For Israel has not been given up, or Judah, by his God, by the Lord of armies; for their land is full of sin against the Holy One of Israel. ⁶ Go in flight out of Babylon, so that every man may keep his life; do not be cut off in her evil-doing: for it is the time of the Lord's punishment; he will give her her reward. ⁷ Babylon has been a gold cup in the hand of the Lord, which has made all the earth overcome with wine: the nations have taken of her wine, and for this cause the nations have gone off their heads. ⁸ Sudden is the downfall of Babylon and her destruction: make cries of grief for her; take sweet oil for her pain, if it is possible for her to be made well. ⁹ We would have made Babylon well, but she is not made well: give her up, and let us go everyone to his country: for her punishment is stretching up to heaven, and lifted up even to the skies. ¹⁰ The Lord has made clear our righteousness: come, and let us give an account in Zion of the work of the Lord 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.