Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
New American Standard Bible
Or
For its maker
When he fashions speechless idols.
King James Version
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?
International Standard Version
"Where is the benefit in owning a carved image, that motivates its maker to carve it? It is only a cast image a teacher that lies because the engraver entrusts himself to his carving, crafting speechless idols.
A Conservative Version
What profits the graven image, that the maker of it has engraved it, the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make dumb idols?
American Standard Version
What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Amplified
“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.
Bible in Basic English
What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?
Darby Translation
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?
Julia Smith Translation
What profited the carved image that he forming it carved it? the molten image and he teaching falsehood, that the former of his forming trusted upon it to make nothings being dumb?
King James 2000
What profits the graven image that its maker has shaped it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts in it, to make dumb idols?
Lexham Expanded Bible
What value [is] an idol when its carver has fashioned it, a molten idol, a teacher of lies? For [he who] fashioned his creation trusts in it, [though] making mute idols!
Modern King James verseion
What does an image profit, for its maker has carved it; a molten image, and a teacher of lies? For does the maker trust in his work on it, to make dumb idols?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What help then will the Image do, whom the workman hath fashioned? Or the vain cast Image, wherein because the craftsmen putteth his trust, therefore maketh he dumb Idols?
NET Bible
What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?
New Heart English Bible
"What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?
The Emphasized Bible
What hath a carved image, profited, though the fashioner thereof, carved it? a molten image, and a teacher of falsehood, - though the fashioner of his fashioned thing trusted therein? that men should make Dumb Nonentities!
Webster
What profiteth the graven image that its maker hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
World English Bible
"What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?
Youngs Literal Translation
What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?
Themes
Carving » Idols manufactured by
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Dumb idols
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Molten images
Idolatry » Objects of, described as » Teachers of lies
Profit » What is not profitable
Trust » Those that trust in idols
Trust » Of the wicked » Is in idols
Interlinear
Yatsar
יצר
Yatsar
form, potter, fashion, maker, frame, make, former, earthen, purposed
Usage: 62
Yarah
Batach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Habakkuk 2:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Doom On The Unrighteous
17
will overwhelm you;
the destruction of animals will terrify you
because of your human bloodshed and violence
against lands, cities, and all who live in them.
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
or to mute stone: Come alive!
Can it teach?
Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
yet there is no breath in it at all.
Cross References
Jeremiah 10:8
instructed by worthless idols
made of wood!
Zechariah 10:2
and the diviners
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.
Isaiah 42:17
those who trust in idols
and say to metal-plated images:
You are our gods!
Isaiah 44:9-10
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
Jeremiah 2:27-28
and to a stone, “You gave birth to me.”
For they have turned their back to Me
and not their face,
yet in their time of disaster
“Rise up and save us!”
1 Corinthians 12:2
You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols
Psalm 115:4-8
made by human hands.
Psalm 135:15-18
made by human hands.
Isaiah 1:31
and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
with no one to quench the flames.
Isaiah 37:38
One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat.
Isaiah 44:14-20
or he takes a cypress or an oak.
He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.
He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
Isaiah 45:16
the makers of idols go in humiliation together.
Isaiah 45:20
and draw near, you fugitives of the nations.
Those who carry their wooden idols,
and pray to a god who cannot save,
have no knowledge.
Isaiah 46:1-2
Their idols are consigned to beasts and cattle.
The images you carry are loaded,
as a burden for the weary animal.
Isaiah 46:6-8
and weigh out silver on scales—
they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.
Then they kneel and bow down to it.
Jeremiah 10:3-5
Someone cuts down a tree from the forest;
it is worked by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.
Jeremiah 10:14-15
Every goldsmith is put to shame
by his carved image,
for his cast images are a lie;
there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 50:2
proclaim and raise up a signal flag;
proclaim, and hide nothing.
Say: Babylon is captured;
Bel
Marduk is devastated;
her idols are put to shame;
her false gods, devastated.
Jonah 2:8
forsake faithful love,
Romans 1:23-25
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
Romans 6:21
So what fruit was produced
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
The coming of the lawless one is based on Satan’s working, with all kinds of false miracles, signs, and wonders,
1 Timothy 4:1-2
Now the Spirit
Revelation 13:11-15
Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; he had two horns like a lamb,
Revelation 19:20
But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with him the false prophet, who had performed the signs in his presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image with these signs.