Jeremiah 10:4

In 11 translations

BSB

They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.

KJV

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

WEB

They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it can’t move.

ASV

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

LSV

They beautify it with silver and with gold, || They fix it with nails and with hammers, || And it does not stumble.

YLT

With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.

DBY

they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

DRC

He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder.

GNV

And another decketh it with siluer, and with golde: they fasten it with nailes, and hammers, that it fall not.

JPS

They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

LXXE

They are beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails;

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WLC

בְּכֶ֥סֶף וּבְזָהָ֖ב יְיַפֵּ֑הוּ בְּמַסְמְר֧וֹת וּבְמַקָּב֛וֹת יְחַזְּק֖וּם וְל֥וֹא יָפִֽיק׃

LXX-Br

ἀργυρίῳ καὶ χρυσίῳ κεκαλλωπισμένα, ἐν σφύραις καὶ ἥλοις ἐστερέωσαν αὐτά·

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 46:7They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
• Isaiah 40:19–20To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains? To one bereft of an offering who chooses wood that will not rot, who seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that…
• Isaiah 44:12The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
• Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
• Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
• Isaiah 41:6–7Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!” The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it…

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