The Potter and the Clay
Jeremiah 18:3
In 11 translations
- BSB
- So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.
- KJV
- Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.wheels: or, frames, or, seats
- WEB
- Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.
- ASV
- Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.
- LSV
- and I go down [to] the potter’s house, and behold, he is doing a work on the stones,
- YLT
- and I go down [to] the potter's house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones,
- DBY
- And I went down to the potter's house; and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
- DRC
- And I went down into the potter’s house, and behold he was doing a work on the wheel.
- GNV
- Then I went downe to the potters house, and behold, he wrought a worke on the wheeles.
- JPS
- Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was at his work on the wheels.
- LXXE
- So I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was making a vessel on the stones.
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- Written (Ketiv): וְהִנֵּהוּ (“and there! he”). Read aloud (Qere): וְהִנֵּה־ה֛וּא (“and there!-he”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads וְהִנֵּה֛וּ; read aloud (Qere) reads וְהִנֵּה־ה֛וּא (“and there!-he”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וָאֵרֵ֖ד בֵּ֣ית הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר והנהו עֹשֶׂ֥ה מְלָאכָ֖ה עַל־הָאָבְנָֽיִם׃Read aloud as (qere): וְהִנֵּה ה֛וּאAdaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate.
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ κατέβην εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ κεραμέως, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἐποίει ἔργον ἐπὶ τῶν λίθων.
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