Jeremiah 10:4 - Tree of Life Version They decorate it with silver and gold, and fasten it with hammer and nails so it won’t totter. 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 human hands.
The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it over the coals, fashioning it with hammers and working it with his strong arm. Yet when he is hungry, his strength fails. When he drinks no water, he gets tired.
They lavish gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith so he makes a god. They bow down. Yes, they worship it.
They lift it upon a shoulder and carry it. They set in its place and there it stands. It does not budge from its place. Even if one cry to it, it cannot answer, nor save anyone from his trouble.”
But now, they sin more and more. They made themselves molten images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say about them: “Let those who sacrifice kiss the calves.”
Oy to one who says to wood: “Awake!” To a dumb stone: “Rouse yourself!” Can it teach? Look, it is plated with gold and silver, but it has no spirit within it.