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.


In Context

1 Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, house of Israel!

2 Thus says Yahweh, |Don't learn the way of the nations, and don't be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.

3 For 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.

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

5 They are like a palm tree, of turned work, and don't speak: they must be carried, because they can't go. Don't be afraid of them; for they can't do evil, neither 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 Webster Bible Translation 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 ax.

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.