Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
But they are not gods.
New American Standard Bible
Yet they are
King James Version
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
International Standard Version
Can a person make a god for himself? They are not gods!
A Conservative Version
Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?
American Standard Version
Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?
Amplified
“Can a man make gods for himself?
Such [things] are not gods!
Bible in Basic English
Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods?
Darby Translation
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no-gods?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall man make to himself gods, and they not gods?
King James 2000
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Can a human make for himself gods? Yet they [are] not gods!"
Modern King James verseion
Shall a man make gods to himself, and they are no gods?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How can a man make those, his gods, which are not able to be gods?"
NET Bible
Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all."
New Heart English Bible
Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?'"
The Emphasized Bible
Shall a son of earth, make for himself gods, Seeing that, they, are no-gods?
Webster
Shall a man make gods to himself, and they are no gods?
World English Bible
Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?
Youngs Literal Translation
Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods?
Themes
Defilement » Who defiles the land
Images » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Profit » What is not profitable
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Interlinear
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 16:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Prayer Of Confidence In The Lord
19
my refuge in a time of distress,
the nations will come to You
from the ends of the earth, and they will say,
“Our fathers inherited only lies,
worthless idols
But they are not gods.
and this time I will make them know
My power and My might;
then they will know that My name is Yahweh.”
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 37:19
They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods
Psalm 115:4-8
made by human hands.
Jeremiah 2:11
(But they were not gods!
Yet My people have exchanged their
for useless idols.
Hosea 8:4-6
but not through Me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without My approval.
They make their silver and gold
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.
Galatians 4:8
But in the past, when you didn’t know God,
Psalm 135:14-18
and have compassion on His servants.
Isaiah 36:19
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad?
Acts 19:26
You both see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods!
Galatians 1:8
But even if we or an angel