Jeremiah 10:3

Jeremiah 10:3 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

3For the practices of the peoples are worthless;

they cut a tree out of the forest,

and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.

3For the customs of the peoples are futile;

For it is wood cut from the forest,

The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

3For 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.

3For 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.

3For the customs of the peoples are worthless;

they cut down a tree from the forest;

it is shaped with a chisel

by the hands of a craftsman.

3The practices of these nations are worthless.

People cut a tree out of the forest.

A skilled worker shapes the wood with a sharp tool.