Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

King James Version

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

Holman Bible

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.

International Standard Version

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.

A Conservative Version

and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.

American Standard Version

and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

Amplified

and have cast the gods [of those peoples] into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Darby Translation

and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; and they have destroyed them.

Julia Smith Translation

And he gave their gods into fire; for they were not God but the work of man's hands, wood and stone: and they will destroy them.

King James 2000

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

to {set} their gods in the fire, for they [were] not gods, but [the] work of human hands, wood and stone, and they destroyed them.

Modern King James verseion

and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; so they have destroyed them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and cast their gods in the fire. Notwithstanding, those were no gods; but the works of men's hands, of wood or stone, therefore have they destroyed them.

NET Bible

They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.

New Heart English Bible

and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

The Emphasized Bible

and have put their gods in the fire, - for, no-gods, were they, but the work of the hands of men wood and stone and so they destroyed them.

Webster

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

World English Bible

and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.

Youngs Literal Translation

so as to put their gods into fire -- for they are no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone -- and they destroy them.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

into the fire
אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

but the work
מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

of men's
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

References

American

Fausets

Context Readings

Hezekiah's Prayer

18 It is true, Jehovah, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands. 19 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. 20 Now, O Jehovah our God, deliver us from his hand. That way all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O Jehovah, are God.

Cross References

Exodus 32:20

He took the bull-calf that they had made, melted it, ground it into fine powder, and mixed it with water. Then he made the people of Israel drink it.

2 Samuel 5:21

The Philistines left their idols there. David and his men carried them all away.

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols are made of silver and gold. Human hands made them.

Isaiah 10:9-11

Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?

Isaiah 26:14

They are now dead and they live no more. The deceased do not rise. You punished them and brought them to ruin. You wiped out all memory (memorial) (commemoration) of them.

Isaiah 36:18-20

Do not let Hezekiah mislead you by saying to you: 'Jehovah will rescue us. Did any of the gods of the nations rescue their countries from the king of Assyria?

Isaiah 40:19-21

As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

Isaiah 41:7

The craftsman encourages the goldsmith. He who smooths with the hammer spurs on him who strikes the anvil. He says of the welding: It is good. He nails down the idol so it will not topple.

Isaiah 41:24

You are less than nothing and your works are utterly worthless! He who chooses you is detestable.

Isaiah 41:29

See they are all false (hurtful) (nonexistent)! Their deeds amount to nothing! Their images are but wind and confusion.

Isaiah 44:9-10

All who make idols are nothing. The things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind. They are shamefully ignorant.

Isaiah 44:17

But the rest of the wood they make into gods, carved statues. They bow to them and worship them. They pray to them and say: Rescue us, because you are our gods.

Isaiah 46:1-2

Bel bows down and Nebo stoops low. Their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome. They are a burden for the weary.

Jeremiah 10:3-6

The people's customs are erroneous and empty. It is wood cut from the forest. It is the work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

Jeremiah 10:11

You will say to the idolaters: The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.

Hosea 8:6

Samaria's calf-shaped idol was made in Israel. Skilled workers made it. It is not God. It will be smashed to pieces!

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