You construct monuments on every hill in vain,

“What! You build a structure on every height, to laugh at the passers-by?”

What, do you build on every prominence a sign, sporting,

“Will you, in your wanton folly, build [idolatrous] altars on every height,

Build ye on every eminence a landmark in vanity?

"Do you build high palaces on every high place, while you do not live in them?

Do you build a monument on every height for vanity's sake?

Do you build a monument on every height for vanity's sake?

Do you build a monument on every height for vanity's sake?

Do you build a monument on every height for vanity's sake?

˹Why˺ do you build a landmark on every high place in vanity,

What, you build a monument on every hill merely for fun

"Do you build on every Ri` an Ayah for your amusement"

Build ye on every high place a monument for vain delight?

Do you build futile a sign on every prominence?

Do you build over each high place a sign to amuse yourselves!

Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,

"Do you build useless monuments on every mountain

Do you build on every height a monument? Vain is it that you do:

Atabnoona bikulli reeAAin ayatan taAAbathoona

atabnūna bikulli rīʿin āyatan taʿbathūna

Do you build monuments on every high place in vanity,

"Do ye build a landmark on every high place to amuse yourselves?