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Jeremiah 10:3–4

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3For the customs of the peoples are 1adelusion;

Because bit is wood cut from the forest,

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

4“They adecorate it with silver and with gold;

They bfasten it with nails and with hammers

So that it will not totter.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit vanity

Cross references

  1. aJer 14:22
  2. bIs 44:9–20
  3. aIs 40:19
  4. bIs 40:20; 41:7

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.

They decorate it with silver and gold;

they fasten it with hammer and nails

so that it cannot move.

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.

They adorn it with silver and gold;

they fasten it with hammer and nails

so it will not totter.

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.

He decorates it with silver and gold.

It is fastened with hammer and nails,

so it won’t totter.

NLTNew Living Translation

Their ways are futile and foolish.

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

They decorate it with gold and silver

and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails

so it won’t fall over.

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.

He decorates it with silver and gold,

they strengthen it with nails and hammers,

so that it does not stagger.

KJV 1900King James Version

For the customs of the people are vain:

For one cutteth a tree out of the forest,

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

They deck it with silver and with gold;

They fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.