Ибо уставы народов — пустота: вырубают дерево в лесу, обделывают его руками плотника при помощи топора,
For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
for the customs of the peoples are vanity.a A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman.
For the customs of the peoples are delusion; Because it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
Their ways are futile and foolish. They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.
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.
For the customs of the peoples are [a]futile; For one cuts a tree from the forest, The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for [it is] a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chisel by the hands of the artizan;