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Jeremiah 10:3

NETBible	For the religion¹ of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.²
NIV © biblegateway Jer 10:3	For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 10:3	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.
NLT © biblegateway Jer 10:3	Their ways are futile and foolish. They cut down a tree and carve an idol.
MSG © biblegateway Jer 10:3	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.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 10:3	For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 10:3	For the customs of the peoples are false: a tree from the forest is cut down, and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan;
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 10:3	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.
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KJV	For the customs <02708> of the people <05971> [are] vain <01892>_: for [one] cutteth <03772> (8804) a tree <06086> out of the forest <03293>_, the work <04639> of the hands <03027> of the workman <02796>_, with the axe <04621>_. {customs...: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity}
NASB © biblegateway Jer 10:3	For the customs <02708> of the peoples <05971> are delusion <01892> ; Because <03588> it is wood <06086> cut <03772> from the forest <03293> , The work <04639> of the hands <03027> of a craftsman <02796> with a cutting <04621> tool <04621> .
LXXM	oti <3754> CONJ ta <3588> T-NPN nomima <3545> A-NPN twn <3588> T-GPN eynwn <1484> N-GPN mataia <3152> A-NPN xulon <3586> N-NSN estin <1510> V-PAI-3S ek <1537> PREP tou <3588> T-GSM drumou {N-GSM} ekkekommenon <1581> V-RMPNS ergon <2041> N-NSN tektonov <5045> N-GSM kai <2532> CONJ cwneuma {N-NSN}
NET [draft] ITL	For <03588> the religion <02708> of these people <05971> is worthless <01892> . They cut down <03772> a tree <06086> in the forest <03293> , and a craftsman <02796> makes <03027> it into an idol <04639> with his tools <04621> .
HEBREW	duemb <04621> srx <02796> ydy <03027> hvem <04639> wtrk <03772> reym <03293> Ue <06086> yk <03588> awh <01931> lbh <01892> Mymeh <05971> twqx <02708> yk (10:3) <03588>

NETBible

For the religion¹ of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools.²

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “statutes.” According to BDB 350 s.v. חֻקָּה 2.b it refers to the firmly established customs or practices of the pagan nations. Compare the usage in Lev 20:23; 2 Kgs 17:8. Here it is essentially equivalent to דֶּרֶךְ (derekh) in v. 1, which has already been translated “religious practices.”

²sn This passage is dripping with sarcasm. It begins by talking about the “statutes” of the pagan peoples as a “vapor” using a singular copula and singular predicate. Then it suppresses the subject, the idol, as though it were too horrible to mention, using only the predications about it. The last two lines read literally: “[it is] a tree which one cuts down from the forest; the work of the hands of a craftsman with his chisel.”