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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,

WEBBE 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 axe.

WMBB (Same as above)

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.

Moff No Moff 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,

Drby 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.

Wbstr 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-1769 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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KJB-1611 [fn]For the customes of the people are vaine: for one cutteth a tree out of the forrest (the worke of the handes of the workeman) with the axe.
   (For the customes of the people are vaine: for one cutteth a tree out of the forrest (the work of the hands of the workeman) with the ask.)

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Bshps 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.)

Gnva 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, )

Cvdl 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:
   (Ye/You_all 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.)

Luth Denn der Heiden Götter sind lauter nichts. Sie hauen im Lande einen Baum, und der Werkmeister macht sie mit dem Beil
   (Because the/of_the heathens gods are lauter nothing. They/She hauen in_the land a Baum, and the/of_the Werkmeister macht they/she/them with to_him Beil)

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

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BrTr 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, )