KJV King James Version
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Jeremiah 10:11
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Thus you are to tell them: “These gods, who have made neither the heavens nor the earth, will perish from this earth and from under these heavens.”
WEB World English Bible
You shall say this to them: The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
ASV American Standard Version
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 10
8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].
10 But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
13 When he uttereth his voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
14 Every man is brutish in [his] knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כִּדְנָה֙H1836 · de.nahthisתֵּאמְר֣וּןH560 · a.marto sayלְה֔וֹםH9038 · hemthemאֱלָ֣הַיָּ֔אH426 · e.lahgodדִּֽי־H1768 · dithatשְׁמַיָּ֥אH8065 · sha.ma.yinheavenוְאַרְקָ֖אH778 · a.raqearthלָ֣אH3809 · lanotעֲבַ֑דוּH5648 · a.vadto makeיֵאבַ֧דוּH7 · a.vadto destroyמֵֽאַרְעָ֛אH772 · a.raearth: soilוּמִן־H4481 · minfromתְּח֥וֹתH8460 · te.chotunderשְׁמַיָּ֖אH8065 · sha.ma.yinheavenאֵֽלֶּה׃ סH429 · el.lehthese
Cross-references
Psalm 96:5For all the gods of the nations [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens.Isaiah 2:18And the idols he shall utterly abolish.Zechariah 13:2And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, [that] I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.Jeremiah 10:15They [are] vanity, [and] the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.Lamentations 3:66Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.Zephaniah 2:11The LORD [will be] terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and [men] shall worship him, every one from his place, [even] all the isles of the heathen.Jeremiah 51:18They [are] vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.Revelation 20:2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
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