Jeremiah 18:3
New International Version
So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel.

New Living Translation
So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel.

English Standard Version
So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel.

Berean Standard Bible
So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.

King James Bible
Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

New King James Version
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel.

New American Standard Bible
So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.

NASB 1995
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.

NASB 1977
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheel.

Amplified Bible
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and saw that he was working at the wheel.

Christian Standard Bible
So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working away at the wheel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working away at the wheel.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I went down to the house of the Potter, according to the word of LORD JEHOVAH, and, behold, he made a work on the Potter’s wheel

Brenton Septuagint Translation
So I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was making a vessel on the stones.

Contemporary English Version
I went there and saw the potter making clay pots on his pottery wheel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I went down into the potter's house, and behold he was doing a work on the wheel.

English Revised Version
Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought his work on the wheels.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I went to the potter's house, and he was working there at his wheel.

Good News Translation
So I went there and saw the potter working at his wheel.

International Standard Version
So I went down to the potter's house, and there he was doing work at the potter's wheel.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he was at his work on the wheels.

Literal Standard Version
and I go down [to] the potter’s house, and behold, he is doing a work on the stones,

Majority Standard Bible
So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel.

New American Bible
I went down to the potter’s house and there he was, working at the wheel.

NET Bible
So I went down to the potter's house and found him working at his wheel.

New Revised Standard Version
So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel.

New Heart English Bible
Then I went down to the potter's house, and look, he was making a work on the wheels.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

World English Bible
Then I went down to the potter’s house, and behold, he was making something on the wheels.

Young's Literal Translation
and I go down to the potter's house, and lo, he is doing a work on the stones,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Potter and the Clay
2“Go down at once to the potter’s house, and there I will reveal My message to you.” 3So I went down to the potter’s house and saw him working at the wheel. 4But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 18:2
"Go down at once to the potter's house, and there I will reveal My message to you."

Jeremiah 18:4
But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.


Treasury of Scripture

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

I went.

Jonah 1:3
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

John 15:14
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

Acts 26:19
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

wheels.

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Jeremiah 18
1. Under the type of a potter is shown God's absolute power in disposing of nations.
11. Judgments threatened to Judah for her strange revolt.
18. Jeremiah prays against his conspirators.














(3) He wrought a work on the wheels.--Literally, the two wheels. The nature of the work is described more graphically in Ecclus. xxxviii. 29, 30. The potter sat moving one horizontal wheel with his feet, while a smaller one was used, as it revolved, to fashion the shape of the vessel he was making with his hands. The image had been already used of God's creative work in Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9; Isaiah 64:8.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So I went down
וָאֵרֵ֖ד (wā·’ê·rêḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

to the potter’s
הַיּוֹצֵ֑ר (hay·yō·w·ṣêr)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine

house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

and saw
ה֛וּא‪‬ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

him working
עֹשֶׂ֥ה (‘ō·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

at
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the wheel.
הָאָבְנָֽיִם׃ (hā·’ā·ḇə·nā·yim)
Article | Noun - md
Strong's 70: A pair of stones, a potter's wheel, a midwife's stool


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