Jeremiah 10:3

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Jeremiah 10:1-5 The Message (MSG)

Listen to the Message that GOD is sending your way, House of Israel. Listen most carefully: “Don’t take the godless nations as your models. Don’t be impressed by their glamour and glitz, no matter how much they’re impressed. The religion of these peoples is nothing but smoke. An idol is nothing but a tree chopped down, then shaped by a woodsman’s ax. They trim it with tinsel and balls, use hammer and nails to keep it upright. It’s like a scarecrow in a cabbage patch—can’t talk! Deadwood that has to be carried—can’t walk! Don’t be impressed by such stuff. It’s useless for either good or evil.”

Jeremiah 10:3 King James Version (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.

Jeremiah 10:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

For the customs of the peoples are delusion; Because it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

Jeremiah 10:3 New Century Version (NCV)

The customs of other people are worth nothing. Their idols are just wood cut from the forest, shaped by a worker with his chisel.

Jeremiah 10:3 American Standard Version (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.

Jeremiah 10:3 New International Version (NIV)

For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.

Jeremiah 10:3 New King James Version (NKJV)

For the customs of the peoples are futile; For one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.

Jeremiah 10:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)

For the customs and decrees of the peoples are [mere] delusion [exercises in futility]; It is only wood which one cuts from the forest [to make a god], The work of the hands of the craftsman with the axe or cutting tool.

Jeremiah 10:3 New Living Translation (NLT)

Their ways are futile and foolish. They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.

Jeremiah 10:3 The Passion Translation (TPT)

For the religious practices of the nations are delusions. They cut down a tree from the forest, then a craftsman fashions it with his hands.

Jeremiah 10:3 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)

for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.