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

New Living Translation
They decorate it with gold and silver and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails so it won’t fall over.

English Standard Version
They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move.

Berean Study Bible
They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.

New American Standard Bible
“They decorate the idol with silver and gold; They fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will not totter.

NASB 1995
"They decorate it with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter.

NASB 1977
“They decorate it with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter.

Amplified Bible
“They adorn the idol with silver and with gold; They fasten it with hammers and nails So that it will not fall apart.

Christian Standard Bible
He decorates it with silver and gold. It is fastened with hammer and nails, so it won’t totter.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He decorates it with silver and gold. It is fastened with hammer and nails, so it won't totter.

Contemporary English Version
cover it with silver and gold, and then nail it down so it won't fall over.

Good News Translation
and decorated with silver and gold. It is fastened down with nails to keep it from falling over.

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

International Standard Version
They decorate it with silver and gold. They secure it with nails and hammers so it won't totter.

NET Bible
He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

New King James Version
They decorate it with silver and gold; They fasten it with nails and hammers So that it will not topple.

King James 2000 Bible
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it moves not.

New Heart English Bible
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it 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.

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.

A Faithful Version
They adorn it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and hammers, so that it will not move.

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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And another decketh it with siluer, and with golde: they fasten it with nailes, and hammers, that it fall not.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
They couer it ouer with golde or siluer, they fasten it with nailes and hammers, that it moue not.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
they couer it ouer with golde or syluer, they fasten it wt nales and hammers, that it moue not.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
They beautify it with silver and with gold, "" They fix it with nails and with hammers, "" And it does not stumble.

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.

Smith's Literal Translation
With gold and with silver they will beautify; with nails and with hammers they will make firm and it will not move.

Catholic Translations
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
He has adorned it with silver and gold. He has put it together with nail and hammer, so that it will not fall apart.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
With silver and with gold overlaid, with spikes and with nails they secure them that they will not be removed

Lamsa Bible
They are decked with silver and with gold; men fasten them with hammers and nails, so that they may not fall apart.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
They deck it with silver and with gold, They fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They are beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails;
















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