Jeremiah 10:4 “They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails…”

Jeremiah 10:4

They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it can’t move.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And another decketh it with siluer, and with golde: they fasten it with nailes, and hammers, that it fall not.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.

Bible in Basic English

They make it beautiful with silver and gold; they make it strong with nails and hammers, so that it may not be moved.

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Cross references

“deck”

Psalm 115:4 Psalm 135:15 Isaiah 40:19 Isaiah 40:20

Psalm 115:4 · BSB

Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

Psalm 135:15 · BSB

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

Isaiah 40:19 · BSB

To an idol that a craftsman casts and a metalworker overlays with gold and fits with silver chains?

Isaiah 40:20 · BSB

One lacking such an offering chooses wood that will not rot. He seeks a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple.

“fasten”

Isaiah 46:7 Isaiah 44:12 Isaiah 41:6

Isaiah 46:7 · BSB

They 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.

Isaiah 44:12 · BSB

The 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 41:6 · BSB

Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.

5Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”

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