4 Heb “And behold he was working.”
5 At his wheel (Heb “at the two stones”). The Hebrew expression is very descriptive of the construction of a potter’s wheel which consisted of two stones joined by a horizontal shaft. The potter rotated the wheel with his feet on the lower wheel and worked the clay with his hands on the upper. For a picture of a potter working at his wheel see I. Ben-Dor, “Potter’s Wheel,” 3:846. See also the discussion regarding the making of pottery in J. L. Kelso, “Pottery,” 3:846–53.

In other versions

So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel.

So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel.

So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working away at the wheel.

So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel.

So I went down to the house of the potter and look, there he was doing work at the potter’s wheels.

Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

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