Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.

New American Standard Bible

Behold, you are of no account,
And your work amounts to nothing;
He who chooses you is an abomination.

King James Version

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

Holman Bible

Look, you are nothing
and your work is worthless.
Anyone who chooses you is detestable.

International Standard Version

"Look! You and your work are less than nothing; whoever finds you pleasing is disgusting."

A Conservative Version

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of naught. An abomination is he who chooses you.

American Standard Version

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.

Amplified


Hear this! You [idols] are less than nothing,
And your work is worthless;
The worshiper who chooses you [as a god] is repulsive.

Darby Translation

Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. ...

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, ye are from nothing, and your work no more: an abomination he will choose in you.

King James 2000

Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is nothing: an abomination is he that chooses you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Look! you [are] nothing, and your work [is] something worthless; whoever chooses you [is] an abomination.

Modern King James verseion

Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Behold, ye gods are of naught, and your making is of naught; yea, abominable is the man that hath chosen you.

NET Bible

Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.

New Heart English Bible

Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.

The Emphasized Bible

Lo! ye, are, of nought, And your work is a puff of breath, - An abomination, he that chooseth you!

Webster

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of naught: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

World English Bible

Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.

Youngs Literal Translation

Lo, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination -- it fixeth on you.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
and your work
פּעל 
Po`al 
Usage: 37

of nought
אפע 
'epha` 
of nought
Usage: 1

תּעבה תּועבה 
Tow`ebah 
Usage: 117

is he that chooseth
בּחר 
Bachar 
Usage: 169

References

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Watsons

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Context Readings

God Helps Israel

23 Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised. 24 But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods. 25 I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.



Cross References

Psalm 115:8

Those who make them are like them; and so is everyone who puts his faith in them.

1 Corinthians 8:4

So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

Isaiah 41:29

Truly they are all nothing, their works are nothing and of no value: their metal images are of no more use than wind.

Deuteronomy 7:26

And you may not take a disgusting thing into your house, and so become cursed with its curse: but keep yourselves from it, turning from it with fear and hate, for it is a cursed thing.

Deuteronomy 27:15

Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

Isaiah 37:19

And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

Isaiah 44:9-10

Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.

Isaiah 66:24

And they will go out to see the dead bodies of the men who have done evil against me: for their worm will ever be living, and their fire will never be put out, and they will be a thing of fear to all flesh.

Jeremiah 10:8

But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.

Jeremiah 10:14

Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 51:17-18

Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

Revelation 17:5

And on her brow was a name, SECRET, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE EVIL WOMEN AND OF THE UNCLEAN THINGS OF THE EARTH.

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