Jeremiah 10:3 Parallel Translations

The religion of the people is worthless. Woodcutters cut down trees from the forest. The hands of craftsmen prepare them with axes.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

BBE:

For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.

DBY:

For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for it is a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chisel by the hands of the artizan;

ERV:

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.

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.

WBS:

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 ax.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe,

Jeremiah 10:3 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 44:9 Those who fashion a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.

Jeremiah 14:22 Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, O LORD our God? Therefore we hope in You, For You are the one who has done all these things. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

10:3 For the {b} 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.
(b) Meaning not only in the observation of the stars, but their laws and ceremonies by which they confirm their idolatry, which is forbidden, De 12:30.

MHC:

10:1-16 The prophet shows the glory of Israel's God, and exposes the folly of idolaters. Charms and other attempts to obtain supernatural help, or to pry into futurity, are copied from the wicked customs of the heathen. Let us stand in awe, and not dare provoke God, by giving that glory to another which is due to him alone. He is ready to forgive, and save all who repent and believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ. Faith learns these blessed truths from the word of God; but all knowledge not from that source, leads to doctrines of vanity.

CONC:

Artificer Artizan Ax Axe Chisel Craftsman Customs Cut Cuts Cutteth Cutting Delusion Feared Foolish Forest Hands Peoples Shapes Statutes Tool Tree Vain Vanity Wood Woods Worked Workman Worthless

Artizan Ax Axe Craftsman Customs Cut Cuts Cutteth Cutting Delusion False. Foolish Forest Hands Peoples Shapes Tool Tree Vain Vanity Wood Woods Work Worked Workman Worthless

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