Jeremiah 10:4

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Jeremiah 10:4


← Jeremiah 10:3 Jeremiah 10:4 (KJV) Jeremiah 10:5 →
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.
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

They deckH3302 it with silverH3701 and with goldH2091; they fastenH2388 it with nailsH4548 and with hammersH4717, that it moveH6328 not.


Original Hebrew

בְּכֶסֶף וּבְזָהָב יְיַפֵּהוּ בְּמַסְמְרֹות וּבְמַקָּבֹות יְחַזְּקוּם וְלֹוא יָפִיק׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
בְּ/כֶ֥סֶף
be./Khe.sef H3701 HR/Ncmsa with/ silver
וּ/בְ/זָהָ֖ב
u./ve./za.Hav H2091 HC/R/Ncmsa and/ with/ gold
יְיַפֵּ֑/הוּ
ye.ya.Pe./hu H3302 HVpi3ms/Sp3ms he beautifies/ it
בְּ/מַסְמְר֧וֹת
be./mas.me.Rot H4548 HR/Ncbpa with/ nails
וּ/בְ/מַקָּב֛וֹת
u./ve./ma.ka.Vot H4717 HC/R/Ncfpa and/ with/ hammers
יְחַזְּק֖וּ/ם
ye.cha.ze.Ku/m H2388 HVpi3mp/Sp3mp they make strong/ them
וְ/ל֥וֹא
ve./Lo' H3808 HC/Tn and/ not
יָפִֽיק
ya.Fik H6328 HVhi3ms it will wobble
Strong's References
  • H2091 — זָהָב (zâhâb, zaw-hawb'): from an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky; gold(-en), fair weather.
  • H2388 — חָזַק (châzaq, khaw-zak'): a primitive root; to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer; aid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintain, play the man, mend, become (wax) mighty, prevail, be recovered, repair, retain, seize, be (wax) sore, strengthen (self), be stout, be (make, shew, wax) strong(-er), be sure, take (hold), be urgent, behave self valiantly, withstand.
  • H3302 — יָפָה (yâphâh, yaw-faw'): a primitive root; properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful; be beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck.
  • H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף (kâçaph) H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
  • H4548 — מַסְמֵר (maçmêr, mas-mare'): or מִסְמֵר (miçmêr); also (feminine) מַסְמְרָה (maçmᵉrâh); or מִסְמְרָה (miçmᵉrâh); or even מַשְׂמְרָה (masmᵉrâh); (Ecclesiastes 12:11), from סָמַר (çâmar) H5568; a peg (as bristling from the surface); nail.
  • H4717 — מַקָּבָה (maqqâbâh, mak-kaw-baw'): from נָקַב (nâqab) H5344; properly, a perforatrix, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); hammer.
  • H6328 — פּוּק (pûwq, pook): a primitive root; to waver; stumble, move.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא (lôwʼ); or לֹה (lôh); (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
Cross References

Verse Cross-References

Reciprocal references (6): Isaiah 46:6, Jeremiah 10:9, Daniel 5:4, Hosea 13:2, Habakkuk 2:19, Acts 17:29

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