Jeremiah 10:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.”
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“They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 10:4 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Isaiah 40:19To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?
- Isaiah 41:6Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
- Isaiah 44:12The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
- Isaiah 46:7They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).