The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or power.

各人都成了畜类，毫无知识。各银匠都因他的偶像羞愧；他所铸的偶像本是虚假的，其中并无气息，

人人都如同畜牲，毫无知识；银匠都因偶像羞愧，他所铸的偶像本为虚假，它们里面并无气息。

人人都如同畜牲，毫无知识；银匠都因偶像羞愧，他所铸的偶像本为虚假，它们里面并无气息。

世人都愚昧无知，工匠都因所制的偶像而羞愧，因为神像没有生命气息，是虚假的，

人人都是顽梗无知；所有的金匠都因偶像羞愧，因为他们铸造的像都是虚假，没有气息。

各人都成了畜類，毫無知識。各銀匠都因他的偶像羞愧；他所鑄的偶像本是虛假的，其中並無氣息，

人人都如同畜牲，毫無知識；銀匠都因偶像羞愧，他所鑄的偶像本為虛假，它們裏面並無氣息。

人人都如同畜牲，毫無知識；銀匠都因偶像羞愧，他所鑄的偶像本為虛假，它們裏面並無氣息。

世人都愚昧無知，工匠都因所製的偶像而羞愧，因為神像沒有生命氣息，是虛假的，

人人都是頑梗無知；所有的金匠都因偶像羞愧，因為他們鑄造的像都是虛假，沒有氣息。

人都等於畜類，毫無知識；銀匠都因其雕像而慚愧；因為他鑄的象都是虛假，裏面並無氣息。

人皆冥頑無知、金匠因其雕像而羞慚、所鑄之像、乃為虛偽、內無氣息、

維彼偶像、崇之者愚蠢、鑄之者蒙羞、偶像偽物、生氣不存、

人不明此理、甚為愚魯、匠人必因所製偶像慚愧、蓋所鑄之偶像乃虛偽、內無生氣、

“ Everyone is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith is shamed by his idols. The images he makes are a fraud; they have no breath in them.

“ No one has any sense. No one knows anything. Everyone who works with gold is put to shame by his wooden gods. His metal gods are fakes. They can’t even breathe.

Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.

Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them.

Every person is stupid, devoid of knowledge; Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, For his cast metal images are deceitful, And there is no breath in them.

Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge; Every metalsmith is put to shame by the carved image; For his molded image is falsehood, And there is no breath in them.

Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Everyone is stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his carved image, for his cast images are a lie; there is no breath in them.

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.

All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.

“ Every man has become brutish without knowledge. Every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or power.

“ What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation— a god that can’t even talk!What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols,‘ Wake up and save us!’ To speechless stone images you say,‘ Rise up and teach us!’ Can an idol tell you what to do? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside.

The Lord looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God.

Such stupidity and ignorance! Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see. Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.The person who made the idol never stops to reflect,“ Why, it’s just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can’t help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask,“ Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”

They have ears but cannot hear, and mouths but cannot breathe.And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.

And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.

Only fools say in their hearts,“ There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good!God looks down from heaven on the entire human race; he looks to see if anyone is truly wise, if anyone seeks God.

For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities— his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused.Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.

This is what the Lord says:“ Tell the whole world, and keep nothing back. Raise a signal flag to tell everyone that Babylon will fall! Her images and idols will be shattered. Her gods Bel and Marduk will be utterly disgraced.

O Lord, what great works you do! And how deep are your thoughts.Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this:

They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.

As the Scriptures say,“ I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”So where does this leave the philosophers, the scholars, and the world’s brilliant debaters? God has made the wisdom of this world look foolish.Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe.