Jeremiah 10:4 - King James 2000 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it moves not. 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 with the tongs works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint.
They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.
They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it stands; from its place shall it not move: yea, one shall cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Woe unto him that says to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.