Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion. Context Meaningless Idols
21Produce your cause, said the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, said the King of Jacob. 22Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. 24Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nothing: an abomination is he that chooses you. 25I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call on my name: and he shall come on princes as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay. 26Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yes, there is none that shows, yes, there is none that declares, yes, there is none that hears your words. 27The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good tidings. 28For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. 29Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold they are all in the wrong, and their works are vain: their idols are wind and vanity.
Darby Bible Translation
Behold, they are all vanity, their works are nought, their molten images are wind and emptiness.
King James Bible
Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.
Young's Literal Translation
Lo, all of them are vanity, Nought are their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!'
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