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


In Context

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

2 Thus saith 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 cutteth 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 may not move.

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.

Jeremiah 10:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:3For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:3For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:3For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:3For 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for it is a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chisel by the hands of the artizan;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:3For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:3For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:3For 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.