Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Can one make gods for himself?
But they are not gods.

New American Standard Bible

Can man make gods for himself?
Yet they are not gods!

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?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

References

Smith

Context Readings

Jeremiah's Prayer Of Confidence In The Lord

19 Lord, my strength and my stronghold,
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 of no benefit at all.”
20 Can one make gods for himself?
But they are not gods.
21 “Therefore, I am about to inform them,
and this time I will make them know
My power and My might;
then they will know that My name is Yahweh.”



Cross References

Isaiah 37:19

They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but made by human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols are silver and gold,
made by human hands.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation ever exchanged its gods?
(But they were not gods!)
Yet My people have exchanged their Glory
for useless idols.

Hosea 8:4-6

They have installed kings,
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, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.

Psalm 135:14-18

For Yahweh will vindicate His people
and have compassion on His servants.

Isaiah 36:19

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my power?

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 from heaven should preach to you a gospel other than what we have preached to you, a curse be on him!

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