KJV King James Version
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].
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Jeremiah 10:9
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.
WEB World English Bible
There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.
ASV American Standard Version
There is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Spread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple is their clothing, Work of the skilful—all of them.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 10
6 Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.
7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee.
8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities.
9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple [is] their clothing: they [are] all the work of cunning [men].
10 But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, [even] they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
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כֶּ֣סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyמְרֻקָּ֞עH7554 · ra.qato beatמִתַּרְשִׁ֣ישׁH8659 · tar.shishTarshishיוּבָ֗אH935 · boto come (in): comeוְזָהָב֙H2091 · za.havgoldמֵֽאוּפָ֔זH210 · u.phazUphazמַעֲשֵׂ֥הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workחָרָ֖שׁH2796 · cha.rashartificerוִידֵ֣יH3027 · yadhandצוֹרֵ֑ףH6884 · tsa.raphto refineתְּכֵ֤לֶתH8504 · te.khe.letblueוְאַרְגָּמָן֙H713 · ar.ga.manpurpleלְבוּשָׁ֔םH3830 · le.vushclothingמַעֲשֵׂ֥הH4639 · ma.a.sehdeed: workחֲכָמִ֖יםH2450 · cha.khamwiseכֻּלָּֽם׃H3605 · kolall
Cross-references
Psalm 115:4Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.Daniel 10:5Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins [were] girded with fine gold of Uphaz:1 Kings 10:22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.Isaiah 40:19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.Ezekiel 27:12Tarshish [was] thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all [kind of] riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
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