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Jeremiah 51:18

They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

KJV

Vana sunt opera, et risu digna : in tempore visitationis suæ peribunt.

Vulgate

καὶ ὡς διελίπομεν θυμιῶντες τῇ βασιλίσσῃ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἠλαττώθημεν πάντες, καὶ ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ ἐξελίπομεν.

LXX

They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

ASV

הֶ֣בֶל הֵ֔מָּה מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה תַּעְתֻּעִ֑ים בְּ/עֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָ֖/ם יֹאבֵֽדוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
הָֽבֶל
hbl
noun · 73×
ם
m
verb · 183×
ם
m
noun · 32×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×
עֵ֣ת
't
verb · 293×
תַּעְתֻּעִ֑ים
t't'ym
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 10:11 — Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
  • Jer 10:15 — They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.