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Isaiah 41:29
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Behold, all of them, their works are vanity [and] nothing; their molten images are wind and confusion.
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their metal images are empty wind.
"Behold, all of them are false; Their works are nothing, Their cast metal images are wind and emptiness.
Look, all these idols are false. They cannot do anything; they are worth nothing.
"In fact, all of these [pagan prophets and priests] are false; Their works are worthless, Their cast images are [merely] wind and emptiness.
Behold, all of them, their works are vanity [and] nothing; their molten images are wind and confusion.
Beholde, they are all vanitie: their worke is of nothing, their images are wind and confusion.
Behold, all of them are false;Their works are non‑existent;Their molten images are wind and utter formlessness.
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
They are nothing, and they can do nothing— they are less than a passing breeze.
Look at them all! What they do is nothing! Their idols are so much wind and waste.
Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nought, their molten images are wind and emptiness.
Those gods are all less than nothing. They cannot do anything. They are worthless.
Behold, they are all nothing; their works are vanity; their images are wind and vanity.
All these gods are useless; they can do nothing at all— these idols are weak and powerless."
Look! All of them are deception; their works are nothing; their images are wind and emptiness.
Behold, they are all evil; their works are nothing; their images are wind and vanity.
Lo, wicked are they & vayne, with the thinges also that they take in honde: yee wynde are they, and emptynesse, with their ymages together.
Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.
Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.
Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.
Behold, they are all vanitie, their works are nothing: their moulten images are winde and confusion.
Lo wicked are they, and vayne, with the thinges also that they take in hand, yea their images are but winde and vayne thinges.
For these are your makers, as ye think, and they that cause you to err in vain.
Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Lo! alle men ben vniust, and her werkis ben wynd and veyn; the symylacris of hem ben wynd, and voide thing.
Look, all of them, their works are vanity [and] nothing; their molten images are wind and confusion.
Behold, they [are] all vanity, their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion.
Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.
29 Indeed they are all worthless; [fn] Their works are nothing;Their molded images are wind and confusion.
See, they are all foolish, worthless things. All your idols are as empty as the wind.
See, all of them are false. Their works are nothing. Their objects of worship are empty wind.
No, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their images are empty wind.
Lo! as to all of them, Vanity - nothingness, are their works, Wind and emptiness, their molten images!
Behold they are all in the wrong, and their works are vain: their idols are wind and vanity.
Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their molten images are empty wind.
`Lo, all of them [are] vanity, Nought [are] their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!'
"Behold, all of them are false; Their works are worthless, Their molten images are wind and emptiness.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
they are all: Isaiah 41:24, Isaiah 44:9-20, Psalms 115:4-8, Psalms 135:15-18, Jeremiah 10:2-16, Habakkuk 2:18
wind: Jeremiah 5:13
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 16:13 - vanities Psalms 97:7 - Confounded Isaiah 41:11 - as nothing Jeremiah 10:8 - brutish Jeremiah 10:15 - vanity Jeremiah 14:22 - Are Jeremiah 18:15 - burned 1 Corinthians 3:7 - General 1 Corinthians 10:19 - that the
Cross-References
The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads are seven years. The dreams mean the same thing.
Joseph was thirty years old when he entered the service of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph left Pharaoh’s presence and traveled throughout the land of Egypt.
During the seven years of abundance the land produced outstanding harvests.
So Joseph stored up grain in such abundance—like the sand of the sea—that he stopped measuring it because it was beyond measure.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Behold, they are all vanity,.... Both the idols and the worshippers of them; in vain they claim the title of deity, to which they have no right; and in vain do men worship them, since they receive no benefit by them:
their works are nothing; they can do nothing, neither good nor evil; nothing is to be hoped or feared from them, and the worship given them is of no avail; nothing is got by it; it is all useless and insignificant, yea, pernicious and harmful:
their molten images are wind and confusion: though they are made of cast metal, yet setting aside the costly matter of which they are made, they are of no more solidity, efficacy, and use, than the wind; and are like the chaos of the first earth, mere "tohu" and "bohu", one of which words is here used, without form and void, having no form of deity on them; and therefore men are directed to turn themselves from them, and behold a most glorious Person, worthy of worship and praise, described in the beginning of the next chapter, "behold my servant", &c.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Behold, they are all vanity - They are unable to predict future events; they are unable to defend their friends, or to injure their enemies. This is the conclusion of the trial or debate (notes, Isaiah 41:1), and that conclusion is, that they were utterly destitute of strength, and that they were entirely unworthy of confidence and regard.
Their molten images - (See the note at Isaiah 40:19).
Are wind - Have no solidity or power. The doctrine of the whole chapter is, that confidence should be reposed in God, and in him alone. He is the friend of his people, and he is able to protect them. He will deliver them from the hand of all their enemies; and he will be always their God, protector, and guide. The idols of the pagan have no power; and it is folly, as well as sin, to trust in them, or to suppose that they can aid their friend.
It may be added, also, that it is equally vain to trust in any being for salvation but God. He only is able to protect and defend us; and it is a source of unspeakable consolation now, as it was in times past, that he is the friend of his people; and that, in times of deepest darkness and distress, he can raise up deliverers, as he did Cyrus, and will in his own way and time rescue his people from all their calamities.
