Jeremiah 10:3

English Standard Version

³^(A)for the customs of the peoples are vanity.^[a]
^(B)A tree from the forest is cut down
and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.

Jeremiah 10:3

New International Version

³For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
they cut a tree out of the forest,
and a craftsman^(A) shapes it with his chisel.^(B)

⁴^(A)They decorate it with silver and gold;
^(B)they fasten it with hammer and nails
so that it cannot move.

⁴They adorn it with silver^(A) and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so it will not totter.^(B)

English Standard Version (ESV)

New International Version (NIV)