Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And
He who chooses you is an
King James Version
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Holman Bible
and your work is worthless.
Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
International Standard Version
"Look! You and your work are less than nothing; whoever finds you pleasing is disgusting."
A Conservative Version
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of naught. An abomination is he who chooses you.
American Standard Version
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Amplified
Hear this! You [idols] are less than nothing,
And your work is worthless;
The worshiper who chooses you [as a god] is repulsive.
Bible in Basic English
But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.
Darby Translation
Behold, ye are less than nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you. ...
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, ye are from nothing, and your work no more: an abomination he will choose in you.
King James 2000
Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is nothing: an abomination is he that chooses you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look! you [are] nothing, and your work [is] something worthless; whoever chooses you [is] an abomination.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, ye gods are of naught, and your making is of naught; yea, abominable is the man that hath chosen you.
NET Bible
Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! ye, are, of nought, And your work is a puff of breath, - An abomination, he that chooseth you!
Webster
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of naught: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
World English Bible
Behold, you are of nothing, and your work is of nothing. He who chooses you is an abomination.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination -- it fixeth on you.
Interlinear
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 41:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
God Helps Israel
23
Tell us what is to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; do good, or do harm, that we may be dismayed and terrified.
24
And
He who chooses you is an
Names
Cross References
Psalm 115:8
Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.
1 Corinthians 8:4
Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one."
Isaiah 41:29
Behold, they are all a delusion; their works are nothing; their metal images are empty wind.
Deuteronomy 7:26
And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house and become devoted to destruction like it. You shall utterly detest and abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction.
Deuteronomy 27:15
"'Cursed be the man who makes a carved or cast metal image, an abomination to the LORD, a thing made by the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.'And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.'
Isaiah 37:19
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 were destroyed.
Isaiah 44:9-10
All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.
Isaiah 66:24
"And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh."
Jeremiah 10:8
They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 51:17-18
Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Revelation 17:5
And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations."