Jeremiah 10:14
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
בָּעַר
bâʻar
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
צָרַף
tsâraph
to fuse (metal), i.e. refine (literally or figuratively)
בּוּשׁ
bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
מַסֵּכָה
maççêkâh
properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured...
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
רוּחַ
rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the ...
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּעַר bâʻar
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutish
Study H1197 →מַסֵּכָה maççêkâh
properly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication, a libation, i.e. league; concretely a coverlet (as if poured out)
Study H4541 →רוּחַ rûwach
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational...
Study H7307 →בּוּשׁ bûwsh
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
Study H954 →Cross References
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.
Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
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