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.
DRAFor 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.
FBVThe 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.
GNVFor 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,
JPSFor 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.
LSVFor 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,
NASBFor 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
For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
NMVFor 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.
OJBFor 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.
T4TThe 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.