Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Can a person make a god for himself? 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?

Holman Bible

Can one make gods for himself?
But 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 difficulty, to you the nations will come, and from the ends of the earth they'll say, "Surely our ancestors inherited deception, things that are worthless, and in which there is no profit." 20 Can a person make a god for himself? They are not gods! 21 Therefore, I'm about to make them understand; this time I'll make them understand my power and strength, so they'll understand that my name is the LORD.



Cross References

Isaiah 37:19

and have thrown their gods into the fire but they are not gods, but rather the products of human hands, mere wood and stone. So the Assyrians destroyed them.

Psalm 115:4-8

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

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation ever changed gods when they aren't even gods? But my people have exchanged their glory for that which does not profit.

Hosea 8:4-6

They set kings in place, but not by me. They established princes, whom I did not recognize. They crafted idols for themselves from their silver and gold; as a result, they will be destroyed.

Galatians 4:8

However, in the past, when you did not know God, you were slaves to things that are not really gods at all.

Psalm 135:14-18

For the LORD will vindicate his people, and he will show compassion on his servants.

Isaiah 36:19

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sephar-vaim? Have they saved Samaria from me?

Acts 19:26

You also see and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but almost all over Asia, this man Paul has won over and taken away a large crowd by telling them that gods made by human hands are not gods at all.

Galatians 1:8

But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that person be condemned!

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