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Jeremiah 18:3

Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

KJV

Et descendi in domum figuli, et ecce ipse faciebat opus super rotam.

Vulgate

καὶ κατέβην εἰς οἶκον τοῦ κεραμέως, καὶ ἰδοὺ αὐτὸς ἐποίει ἔργον ἐπὶ τῶν λίθων,

LXX

Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he was making a work on the wheels.

ASV

וָ/אֵרֵ֖ד בֵּ֣ית הַ/יּוֹצֵ֑ר ו/הנ/הו וְ/הִנֵּה ה֛וּא עֹשֶׂ֥ה מְלָאכָ֖ה עַל הָ/אָבְנָֽיִם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָבְנָ֑יִם
'bnym
noun · 2×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
וֹ
v
verb · 63×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
מְלֶ֥אכֶת
ml'kt
noun · 165×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 10:8 — Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
  • Rom 9:21 — Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?