Isaiah 41:29 “See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their ima…”

Isaiah 41:29

See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

World English Bible

Behold, all of their deeds are vanity and nothing. Their molten images are wind and confusion.

American Standard Version

Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, they are all vanitie: their worke is of nothing, their images are wind and confusion.

Darby Translation

Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nought, their molten images are wind and emptiness.

Young's Literal Translation

'Lo, all of them [are] vanity, Nought [are] their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!'

Bible in Basic English

Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.

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Cross references

“they are all”

Isaiah 41:24 Isaiah 44:9–20 Psalm 115:4–8 Psalm 135:15–18 Jeremiah 10:2–16 Habakkuk 2:18

Isaiah 41:24 · BSB

Behold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

Isaiah 44:9–20 · BSB

All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

Psalm 115:4–8 · BSB

Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

Psalm 135:15–18 · BSB

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

Jeremiah 10:2–16 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by the signs in the heavens, though the nations themselves are terrified by them.

Habakkuk 2:18 · BSB

What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

“wind”

Jeremiah 5:13

Jeremiah 5:13 · BSB

The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them. ”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

28When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.

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