Jeremiah 51:17

Ech man is maad a fool of kunnyng, ech wellere togidere is schent in a grauun ymage; for his wellyng togidere is fals, and a spirit is not in tho.

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In The King James Version

Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

In Context

16Whanne he yyueth vois, watris ben multiplied in heuene; which Lord reisith cloudis fro the laste of erthe, made leitis in to reyn, and brouyt forth wynd of hise tresouris.

18The werkis ben veyn, and worthi of scorn; tho schulen perische in the tyme of her visityng.

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Cross References

Psalms 53:1The title of the thre and fiftithe salm. To victorie in orguns, ether in salmes, the lernyng of Dauid,

Psalms 115:5I schal yelde my vowis to the Lord bifor al his puple;

Psalms 135:17Which smoot grete kingis.

Jeremiah 10:14Ech man is maad a fool of kunnyng, ech crafti man is schent in a grauun ymage; for whi that that he wellide togidere is fals, and no spirit is in tho.

Habakkuk 2:18What profitith the `grauun ymage, for his makere grauyde it, a wellid thing togidere and fals ymage? for the makere therof hopide in makyng, that he made doumbe symylacris.

1 Corinthians 1:19For it is writun, Y schal distruye the wisdom of wise men, and Y schal reproue the prudence of prudent men.

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