Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
they cover it over with gold or silver; they fasten it with nails and hammers, that it move not.
New American Standard Bible
They
So that it will not totter.
King James Version
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Holman Bible
It is fastened with hammer and nails,
so it won’t totter.
International Standard Version
They decorate it with silver and gold. They secure it with nails and hammers so it won't totter.
A Conservative Version
They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.
American Standard Version
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Amplified
“They adorn the idol with silver and with gold;
They fasten it with hammers and nails
So that it will not fall apart.
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.
Darby Translation
they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Julia Smith Translation
With gold and with silver they will beautify; with nails and with hammers they will make firm and it will not move.
King James 2000
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it moves not.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He decorates it with silver and gold, they strengthen it with nails and hammers, so that it does not stagger.
Modern King James verseion
They adorn it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and hammers, so that it will not wobble.
NET Bible
He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over.
New Heart English Bible
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.
The Emphasized Bible
With silver and with gold, he decketh it, - With nails and with hammers, they fasten them, that it may not totter.
Webster
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it may not move.
World English Bible
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it not move.
Youngs Literal Translation
With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 10:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
False Gods Contrasted With The Creator
3 Yea all the customs and laws of the Gentiles are nothing but vanity. They hew down a tree in the wood with the hands of the workman, and fashion it with the axe; 4 they cover it over with gold or silver; they fasten it with nails and hammers, that it move not. 5 It standeth as stiff as the palm tree, it can neither speak nor go, but must be borne. Be not ye afraid of such, for they can do neither good nor evil."
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 40:19-20
Shall the carver make him a carved image? And shall the goldsmith cover him with gold, or cast him into a form of silver plates?
Psalm 115:4
Their images are but silver and gold, even the work of men's hands.
Psalm 135:15
As for the images of the heathen, they are but silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Isaiah 41:6-7
Every man exhorted his neighbour, and brother, and bad him be strong.
Isaiah 44:12
The smith taketh iron, and tempereth it with hot coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and maketh it with all the strength of his arms: yea, sometimes he is faint for very hunger, and so thirsty, that he hath no more power.
Isaiah 46:7
Yet must he be taken on men's shoulders and borne, and set in his place, that he may stand and not move. Alas that men should cry unto him, which giveth no answer; and delivereth not the man that calleth upon him, from his trouble.