Jeremiah 51:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

Young's Literal Translation
Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false [is] his molten image, And there is no breath in them.

King James Bible
Every man is brutish by [his] knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.

Hebrew
Every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

man
אָדָם֙ (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

is senseless
נִבְעַ֤ר (niḇ·‘ar)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

and devoid of knowledge.
מִדַּ֔עַת (mid·da·‘aṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1847: Knowledge

Every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

goldsmith
צֹרֵ֖ף (ṣō·rêp̄)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6884: To smelt, refine, test

is put to shame
הֹבִ֥ישׁ (hō·ḇîš)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither

by his idols,
מִפָּ֑סֶל (mip·pā·sel)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6459: An idol, image

for
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

his molten images
נִסְכּ֖וֹ (nis·kōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5262: A libation, a cast idol

are a lie,
שֶׁ֥קֶר (še·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood

and [there is] no
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

breath
ר֥וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

in them.
בָּֽם׃ (bām)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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