King James Version

Jeremiah 10:15

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

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הֶ֣בֶלhevelvanityהֶבֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “vanity”, the ordinary formH1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb[idiom] altogether, vain, vanity.הֵ֔מָּהhemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.מַעֲשֵׂ֖הmaasehbusinessמַעֲשֶׂהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “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.תַּעְתֻּעִ֑יםtatuimerrorתַּעְתֻּעַnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “error”, the ordinary formH8595a frauderror.בְּעֵ֥תbeetin whenעֵתpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in when”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6256time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.[phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.פְּקֻדָּתָ֖םpequdatamvisitationפְּקֻדָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “visitation”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6486visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)account, (that have the) charge, custody, that which...laid up, numbers, office(-r), ordering, oversight, [phrase] prison, reckoning, visitation.יֹאבֵֽדוּyovedvdestroyאָבַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “destroy”, an unfinished actionH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Vanity [are] they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.

World English Bible

They are vanity, a work of delusion. In the time of their visitation they will perish.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

They are vain things and a ridiculous work: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They are vain works, wrought in mockery; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μάταιά ἐστιν ἔργα ἐμπεπαιγμένα, ἐν καιρῷ ἐπισκοπῆς αὐτῶν ἀπολοῦνται.