Jeremiah 10

NET

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


Darby

3 For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for [it is] a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chiselD5240 by the hands of the artizan;


Darby Bible Notes

chisel - Others, 'an axe.'


KJV

3 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.


KJV Bible Notes

customs of the people are vain: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity.