Jer Jeremiah, chapter Book of Jeremiah, chapter 10
For 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.Isa 44:13
Jeremiah 10:3 in different translations
English
KJV (66 books)
For 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.
ASV
For 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.
BSB
For 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.
DRA
For 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.
FBV
The religious beliefs of the peoples are pointless. They chop down a tree in the forest and a craftsman carves the wood with a tool to make an idol.
GNV
For the customes of the people are vaine: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest (which is the worke of the handes of the carpenter) with the axe,
JPS
For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for it is but a tree which one cutteth out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.
LSV
For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, || For one has cut a tree from a forest, || Work of the hands of a craftsman, with an axe,
NASB
For the customs of the peoples are futile; For it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool. NASB 2020
NIV (US)
For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
NMV
For 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 axe.
OJB
For the [religious] chukkot (customs, statutes) of the nations are vain delusions; for one cutteth etz out of the ya'ar (forest), the ma'aseh (handiwork) of the hands of the charash (workman, artisan), with the axe.
T4T
The customs of the people of other nations are worthless. For example, they cut down a tree in the forest. Then a skilled worker/craftsman cuts a section of it and uses his chisel to carve an idol from that section.
WEB (US)
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 ax.
WEB (UK)
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.
Russian
РСП (66 кн.)
Ибо уставы народов — пустота: вырубают дерево в лесу, обделывают его руками плотника при помощи топора,
Заокская (Кулаков)
Ибо нелепы обычаи этих народов: из дерева лесного их изваяния вырублены топором ремесленника,
СП (БЛ)
Обычаи тех людей ничего не стоят, их идолы не что иное, как дерево из леса, их плотник вырезал долотом.