KJV King James Version
Behold, they [are] all vanity; their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion.
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Isaiah 41:29
Behold, they [are] all vanity; their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.
WEB World English Bible
Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.
ASV American Standard Version
Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, all of them are vanity, Nought are their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!’
Surrounding context — Isaiah 41
26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, [He is] righteous? yea, [there is] none that sheweth, yea, [there is] none that declareth, yea, [there is] none that heareth your words.
27 The first [shall say] to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
28 For I beheld, and [there was] no man; even among them, and [there was] no counseller, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
29 Behold, they [are] all vanity; their works [are] nothing: their molten images [are] wind and confusion.
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Jeremiah 5:13And the prophets shall become wind, and the word [is] not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.Isaiah 41:24Behold, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination [is he that] chooseth you.Psalm 135:15-18The idols of the heathen [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.Habakkuk 2:18What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?Isaiah 44:9-20They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.Psalm 115:4-8Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.Jeremiah 10:2-16Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
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