4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.


In Context

1 Hear you the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel:

2 Thus said the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.

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

5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

6 For as much as there is none like to you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might.

Jeremiah 10:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:4They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:4He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it may not move.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:4With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.