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Isaiah 41:29

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

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הֵ֣ןhenifהֵןparticle, demonstrative — “if”H2005lo!; also (as expressing surprise) ifbehold, if, lo, though.כֻּלָּ֔םkulamallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).אָ֥וֶןavenidolאָוֶןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “idol”, the ordinary formH205strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idolaffliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369 (אַיִן).אֶ֖פֶסefesankleאֶפֶסnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “ankle”, the ordinary formH657cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or footankle, but (only), end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless (where), no, none (beside), not (any, -withstanding), thing of nought, save(-ing), there, uttermost part, want, without (cause).מַעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑םmaaseyhembusinessמַעֲשֶׂהnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “business”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4639an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) propertyact, art, [phrase] bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, [idiom] well, (handy-, needle-, net-) work(ing, -manship), wrought.ר֥וּחַruchaangerרוּחַnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “anger”, the ordinary formH7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)air, anger, blast, breath, [idiom] cool, courage, mind, [idiom] quarter, [idiom] side, spirit(-ual), tempest, [idiom] vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).וָתֹ֖הוּvatohvand vainתֹּהוּconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and vain”, the ordinary formH8414a desolation (of surface), i.e. desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vainconfusion, empty place, without form, nothing, (thing of) nought, vain, vanity, waste, wilderness.נִסְכֵּיהֶֽםniskeyhemcoverנֶסֶךְnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “cover”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5262a libation; also a cast idolcover, drink offering, molten image.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought; 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!'

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Behold they are all in the wrong, and their works are vain: their idols are wind and vanity.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For these are your makers, as ye think , and they that cause you to err in vain.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἰσὶ γὰρ οἱ ποιοῦντες ὑμᾶς, καὶ μάτην οἱ πλανῶντες ὑμᾶς.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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