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
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.