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Jeremiah 10:3

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3For the †ccustoms of the people are vain:

For done cutteth a tree out of the forest,

The work of the hands of the workman, ewith the axe.

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. statutes, or, b ordinances are vanity.
  2. cch. 32:11. See Judg. 11:39.
  3. dSo Isai. 40:19, 20. & 44:9–11. & 45:20. Wisd. 13:11.
  4. eIs. 44:12 (Heb.).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

for the customs of the peoples are vanity.

A tree from the forest is cut down

and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For the practices of the peoples are worthless;

they cut a tree out of the forest,

and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for the customs of the peoples are worthless.

Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;

it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.

NLTNew Living Translation

Their ways are futile and foolish.

They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For the statutes of the peoples are vanity,

for it is a tree cut down from the forest,

the work of the hands of a craftsman with the tool.