Jeremiah 10:3 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For the customs and ordinances of the peoples are false, empty, and futile; it is but a tree which one cuts out of the forest [to make for himself a god], the work of the hands of the craftsman with the ax or other tool.

American Standard Version (1901)

For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

Common English Bible

The rituals of the nations are hollow: a tree from the forest is chopped down and shaped by the craftsman’s tools.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For the laws of the people are empty. For the work of the hand of the craftsman has cut a tree from the forest with an axe.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.