Habakkuk 2:18
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What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
In other translations
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
Hebrew words
מָה־mah-what?H4100הוֹעִילho'ildoes it profitH3276פֶּסֶלpesela carved imageH6459כִּיkithatH3588פְסָלוֹfesalohe has carved itH6458יֹצְרוֹyotzero[one who] formed itH3335מַסֵּכָהmasekhaha molten imageH4541וּמוֹרֶהumorehand [one which] teachesH3384שָּׁקֶרshakerfalsehoodH8267כִּיkiforH3588בָטַחvatachhe reliesH982יֹצֵרyotzer[one who] formedH3335יִצְרוֹyitzroform hisH3336עָלָיו'alavon itH5921לַעֲשׂוֹתla'asotto makeH6213אֱלִילִים'elilimidolsH457אִלְּמִים׃ ס'ilemimdumbH483
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Related verses
- Jeremiah 10:8But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
- Zechariah 10:2For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
- 1 Corinthians 12:2Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
- Isaiah 44:9-109 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. 10 Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?9 All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame. 10 Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
- Jeremiah 2:27-2827 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.27 say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’ 28 But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
- Isaiah 42:17They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, ‘You are our gods!’ will be turned back in utter shame.
- Psalm 115:4-84 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: 7 They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.4 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. 5 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; 6 they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; 7 they have hands, but cannot feel; they have feet, but cannot walk; they cannot even clear their throats.
- Isaiah 45:16They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.They will all be put to shame and humiliated; the makers of idols will depart together in disgrace.
- Psalm 135:15-1815 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. 16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; 17 They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. 18 They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. 16 They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; 17 they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.
- Jeremiah 10:14-1514 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. 15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.14 Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them. 15 They are worthless, a work to be mocked. In the time of their punishment they will perish.
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