Jeremiah 10:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.

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.

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

Hebrew
They adorn it
יְיַפֵּ֑הוּ (yə·yap·pê·hū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3302: To be bright, beautiful

with silver
בְּכֶ֥סֶף (bə·ḵe·sep̄)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

and gold
וּבְזָהָ֖ב (ū·ḇə·zā·hāḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

and fasten it
יְחַזְּק֖וּם (yə·ḥaz·zə·qūm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

with hammer
וּבְמַקָּב֛וֹת (ū·ḇə·maq·qā·ḇō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4717: A perforatrix, a hammer

and nails,
בְּמַסְמְר֧וֹת (bə·mas·mə·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4548: A nail

so that it will not
וְל֥וֹא (wə·lō·w)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

totter.
יָפִֽיק׃ (yā·p̄îq)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6328: To reel, totter

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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