Jeremiah 10:4
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New International Version (©1984)
They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"They decorate it with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Craftsmen decorate them with silver and gold and fasten them [together] with hammers and nails so that they won't fall over.

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

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

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

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

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.

Geneva Study Bible

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

(c) The prophets use thus plainly and simply to set forth the vile absurdity of the idolaters that men might learn to be ashamed of that to which their corrupt nature is most subject, Isa 44:12.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. fasten . move not-that is, that it may stand upright without risk of falling, which the god (!) would do, if left to itself (Isa 41:7).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.


Isaiah 40:19 As for the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.
Isaiah 40:20 He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter.
Isaiah 41:7 So the craftsman encourages the smelter, And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, "It is good"; And he fastens it with nails, So that it will not totter. (NASB ©1995)

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

deck. Ps 115:4 135:15 Isa 40:19,20

fasten. Isa 41:6 44:12 46:7

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