Jeremiah 18:3

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

American King James Version (AKJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Then I went down to the potter's house, and he was doing his work on the stones.

Webster's Revision

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 a work on the wheels.

English Revised Version (ERV)

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

Definitions for Jeremiah 18:3

Wrought - Worked; made.

Clarke's Jeremiah 18:3 Bible Commentary

He wrought a work on the wheels - אל האבנים al haabnayim, upon the stones, the potter's wheel being usually made of such, the spindle of the moving stone being placed on a stone below, on which it turned, and supported the stone above, on which the vessel was manufactured, and which alone had a rotatory motion. The potter's wheel in the present day seems to differ very little from that which was in use between two and three thousand years ago.

Barnes's Jeremiah 18:3 Bible Commentary

The wheels - literally, "the two wheels." The lower one was worked by the feet to give motion to the upper one, which was a flat disc or plate of wood, on which the potter laid the clay, and moulded it with his fingers as it revolved rapidly.