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


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.|

6 There is none like you, Yahweh; 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 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.