Jeremiah 10:4 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional people deck it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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 ironsmith fashions it and works it over the coals, shaping it with hammers, and forging it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry and his strength fails, he drinks no water and is faint.
Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales— they hire a goldsmith, who makes it into a god; then they fall down and worship!
They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries out to it, it does not answer or save anyone from trouble.
And now they keep on sinning and make a cast image for themselves, idols of silver made according to their understanding, all of them the work of artisans. “Sacrifice to these,” they say. People are kissing calves!
Alas for you who say to the wood, “Wake up!” to silent stone, “Rouse yourself!” Can it teach? See, it is gold and silver plated, and there is no breath in it at all.