Jeremiah 10:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They deck [the idol] with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers so it will not fall apart or move around. American Standard Version (1901) They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. Common English Bible It’s overlaid with silver and gold, and fastened securely with hammer and nails so it won’t fall over. Catholic Public Domain Version He has adorned it with silver and gold. He has put it together with nail and hammer, so that it will not fall apart. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder. |
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
The blacksmith [makes] an axe, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.
Some pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down--yes, they worship.
They bear it on the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands, from its place it shall not move: yes, one may cry to it, yet it can not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, 'They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.'
Woe to him who says to the wood, 'Awake!' or to the mute stone, 'Arise!' Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.