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Jeremiah 51:18

They are vanity, 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 errors, 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 works, and worthy to be laughed at, 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

But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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