King James Version

Jeremiah 10:4

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

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בְּכֶ֥סֶףbekhesefin moneyכֶּסֶףpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in money”, the ordinary formH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).וּבְזָהָ֖בuvezahavand in goldזָהָבconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and in gold”, the ordinary formH2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear skygold(-en), fair weather.יְיַפֵּ֑הוּyeyapehvbe beautifulיָפָהverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be beautiful”, an unfinished actionH3302properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautifulbe beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck.בְּמַסְמְר֧וֹתbemasmerotin nailמַסְמֵרpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “in nail”, the ordinary formH4548a peg (as bristling from the surface)nail.וּבְמַקָּב֛וֹתuvemaqavotand in hammerמַקָּבָהconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and in hammer”, the ordinary formH4717properly, a perforatrix, i.e. a hammer (as piercing)hammer.יְחַזְּק֖וּםyechazqumbe constantחָזַקverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be constant”, an unfinished actionH2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conqueraid, 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, maintai…וְל֥וֹאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (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 trul…יָפִֽיקyafiqstumbleפּוּקverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “stumble”, an unfinished actionH6328to waverstumble, move.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

Young’s Literal Translation

With silver and with gold they beautify it, With nails and with hammers they fix it, And it doth not stumble.

World English Bible

They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it can’t move.

Darby Translation

they deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

Douay-Rheims

He hath decked it with silver and gold: he hath put it together with nails and hammers, that it may not fall asunder.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They deck it with silver and with gold, they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They are beautified with silver and gold, they fix them with hammers and nails;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἀργυρίῳ καὶ χρυσίῳ κεκαλλωπισμένα, ἐν σφύραις καὶ ἥλοις ἐστερέωσαν αὐτά·