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BSB For 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.

OEB For heathen religion is vapour.
 ⇔ A tree is cut down in the forest
⇔ And fashioned by craftsman’s axe,

WEB For the customs of the peoples are vanity;
⇔ for one cuts a tree out of the forest,
⇔ the work of the hands of the workman with the ax.

NET 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.

LSV For the statutes of the peoples are vanity,
For one has cut a tree from a forest,
Work of the hands of a craftsman, with an axe,

FBV The religious beliefs of the peoples are pointless. They chop down a tree in the forest and a craftsman carves the wood with a tool to make an idol.

T4T The customs of the people of other nations are worthless.
⇔ For example, they cut down a tree in the forest.
⇔ Then a skilled worker/craftsman cuts a section of it and uses his chisel to carve an idol from that section.

LEB  • are vanity, for it is a tree cut down from the forest, •  the work of the hands of a craftsman with the tool.

BBE 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.

MOF No MOF JER book available

JPS For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for it is but a tree which one cutteth out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

ASV For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

DRA For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.

YLT For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, For a tree from a forest hath one cut, Work of the hands of an artificer, with an axe,

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

RV For the customs of the peoples are vanity: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

WBS 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 ax.

KJB 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.[fn]
  (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 ask.)

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BB Yea all the customes and lawes of the gentiles are nothing but vanitie: They hewe downe a tree in the wood with the handes of the workeman, and fashion it with the axe.
  (Yea all the customes and lawes of the gentiles are nothing but vanitie: They hewe down a tree in the wood with the hands of the workeman, and fashion it with the ask.)

GNV For the customes of the people are vaine: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest (which is the worke of the handes of the carpenter) with the axe,
  (For the customes of the people are vaine: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest (which is the work of the hands of the carpenter) with the axe, )

CB Yee all the customes and lawes of the Getiles are nothinge, but vanite. They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the worke man, and fashion it with the axe:
  (Yee all the customes and lawes of the Getiles are nothing, but vanite. They hewe down a tree in the wod with the hands of the work man, and fashion it with the axe:)

WYC For the lawis of puplis ben veyn, for whi the werk of hondis of a crafti man hath kit doun with an axe a tre of the forest.
  (For the lawis of peoples been veyn, for why the work of hands of a crafti man hath/has kit down with an axe a tree of the forest.)

LUT Denn der Heiden Götter sind lauter nichts. Sie hauen im Lande einen Baum, und der Werkmeister macht sie mit dem Beil
  (Because the Heiden gods are lauter nichts. They/She hauen in_the land a Baum, and the Werkmeister macht they/she/them with to_him Beil)

CLV quia leges populorum vanæ sunt. Quia lignum de saltu præcidit opus manus artificis in ascia:[fn]
  (because leges populorum vanæ sunt. Quia lignum about saltu præcidit opus manus artificis in ascia:)

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BRN For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image.

BrLXX Ὅτι τὰ νόμιμα τῶν ἐθνῶν μάταια· ξύλον ἐστὶν ἐκ τοῦ δρυμοῦ ἐκκεκομμένον, ἔργον τέκτονος, καὶ χώνευμα,
  (Hoti ta nomima tōn ethnōn mataia; xulon estin ek tou drumou ekkekommenon, ergon tektonos, kai ⱪōneuma, )