American Standard Version
Jeremiah 10:4
4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Jeremiah 10:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
- New International Version (NIV)They adorn it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not totter.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They decorate it with silver and gold; They fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will not topple.
Context of Jeremiah 10:4
2thus saith Jehovah, Learn not the way of the nations, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the nations are dismayed at them. 3For 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. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good. 6There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
Read all of Jeremiah 10Jeremiah 10:4 word by word
בְּכֶ֥סֶף וּבְזָהָ֖ב יְיַפֵּ֑הוּ בְּמַסְמְר֧וֹת וּבְמַקָּב֛וֹת יְחַזְּק֖וּם וְל֥וֹא יָפִֽיק׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Jeremiah 10:4
- Psalms 115:4Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.
- Psalms 135:15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.
- Isaiah 40:19The image, a workman hath cast it, and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth for it silver chains.
- Isaiah 41:6They help every one his neighbor; and every one saith to his brother, Be of good courage.
- Isaiah 44:12The smithmakethan axe, and worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he drinketh no water, and is faint.
- Isaiah 46:7They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 10:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4They deck it - It was covered with plates of gold and silver, and then fastened with nails in its place, that it might not “more, i. e.” tumble down. The agreement in this and the following verses with the argument in Jeremiah 9:23-24) their true glory is their God, not an idol of wood, but the King of nations. Then comes the sad feeling that they have rejected God and chosen idols Jeremiah 10:17-18; then the nation‘s deep grief Jeremiah 10:19-22 and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The carved image had no beauty or value by itself. People had to add gold and silver to make it impressive (see Jeremiah 10:9). Similarly, the image could not stand on its own. It needed to be secured to a foundation with a hammer and nails.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. fasten ... move not--that is, that it may stand upright without risk of falling, which the god (!) would do, if left to itself (Is 41:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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