Jeremiah 10:4
What does Jeremiah 10:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 10:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They make it beautiful with silver and gold; they make it strong with nails and hammers, so that it may not be moved.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Context
v.3For 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.
v.4This passage
v.5They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 135:15
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.
- Psalms 115:4
Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.
- Isaiah 44:12
The smithmakethan axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.
- Isaiah 46:7
They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
- Isaiah 41:6
They help every one his neighbor; and every one saith to his brother, Be of good courage.
- Isaiah 40:19
The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.
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