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


In Context

1 Hear what the Lord says to you, O house of Israel.

2 This is what the Lord says: "Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them.

3 For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.

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

5 Like a scarecrow in a melon patch, their idols cannot speak; they must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them; they can do no harm nor can they do any good."

6 No one is like you, O Lord ; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.

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 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.

The American 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.