King James Version

What Does Jeremiah 10:14 Mean?

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. brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know

Context

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. multitude: or, noise with: or, for

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. brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know

15

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

16

The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

Commentary

Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(14) **Brutish in his knowledge.**—Literally, *from knowing, *i.e., *too brutish to know, *or, as some take it, *brutish without knowledge, *overwhelmed and astounded, so that the power of knowing fails. **Every founder.**—The smelter, or worker in molten metal.

Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.

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