Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
New American Standard Bible
In the time of their punishment they will perish.
King James Version
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
International Standard Version
They're worthless, a work of mockery, and when the time of punishment comes, they'll perish.
A Conservative Version
They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they shall perish.
American Standard Version
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Amplified
They are worthless (empty, false, futile), a work of delusion and worthy of derision;
In the time of their inspection and punishment they will perish.
Bible in Basic English
They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
Darby Translation
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Julia Smith Translation
They are vanity, the work of delusions: in the time of reviewing they shall perish.
King James 2000
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their judgment they shall perish.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They [are] worthless, a work of mockery. At the time of their punishment, they will perish.
Modern King James verseion
They are vanity, the work of errors; in the time of their judgment they shall perish.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Vain is it; and worthy to be laughed at. And in the time of visitation it shall perish.
NET Bible
They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.
New Heart English Bible
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
The Emphasized Bible
Vanity, they are, A handiwork of mockeries, - In the time of their visitation, shall they perish.
Webster
They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
World English Bible
They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Youngs Literal Translation
Vanity are they -- work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 51:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Message Concerning Babylon
17
Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
At the time of their punishment they will be destroyed.
because He is the One who formed all things.
Israel is the tribe of His inheritance;
Yahweh of Hosts is His name.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 12:12
“I will pass through
Isaiah 19:1
An oracle
and is coming to Egypt.
Egypt’s idols will tremble before Him,
and Egypt’s heart will melt within it.
Isaiah 46:1
Their idols are consigned to beasts and cattle.
The images you carry are loaded,
as a burden for the weary animal.
Jeremiah 10:8
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
Jeremiah 10:15
At the time of their punishment
they will be destroyed.
Jeremiah 18:15
They burn incense to false idols
that make them stumble in their ways
on the ancient roads
and walk on new paths, not the highway.
Jeremiah 43:12-13
I
Jeremiah 46:25
The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to punish Amon, god of Thebes,
Jeremiah 48:7
you will be captured also.
Chemosh
with his priests and officials.
Jeremiah 50:2
proclaim and raise up a signal flag;
proclaim, and hide nothing.
Say: Babylon is captured;
Bel
Marduk is devastated;
her idols are put to shame;
her false gods, devastated.
Jonah 2:8
forsake faithful love,
Zephaniah 2:11
when He starves all the gods of the earth.
Then all the distant coastlands of the nations
will bow in worship to Him,
each in its own place.
Acts 14:15
“Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things