Jeremiah 10:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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,

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the customs
חֻקּ֥וֹת (ḥuq·qō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute

of the peoples
הָֽעַמִּ֖ים (hā·‘am·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

are worthless;
הֶ֣בֶל (he·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1892: Emptiness, vanity, transitory, unsatisfactory

they cut down
כְּרָת֔וֹ (kə·rā·ṯōw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

a tree
עֵץ֙ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

from the forest;
מִיַּ֣עַר (mî·ya·‘ar)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb

it is shaped
מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה (ma·‘ă·śêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

with a chisel
בַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד׃ (bam·ma·‘ă·ṣāḏ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4621: An axe

by the hands
יְדֵ֥י־ (yə·ḏê-)
Noun - fdc
Strong's 3027: A hand

of a craftsman.
חָרָ֖שׁ (ḥā·rāš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2796: A fabricator, any material

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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