Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
for no profit?
New American Standard Bible
Who has fashioned a god or cast
King James Version
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
International Standard Version
Who would shape a god or cast an image that profits nothing?
A Conservative Version
Who has fashioned a god, or molded an image that is profitable for nothing?
American Standard Version
Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
Amplified
Who has made a god or cast an idol which is profitable for nothing?
Bible in Basic English
Whoever makes a god, makes nothing but a metal image in which there is no profit.
Darby Translation
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Julia Smith Translation
Who formed a god and a carved molten image, profiting for nothing?
King James 2000
Who fashions a god, or molds a graven image, that is profitable for nothing?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Who would form a god and cast an image of [which] he cannot profit?
Modern King James verseion
Who has formed a god, or melted a graven image that is good for nothing?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Who should now make a God, or fashion an Image, that is profitable for nothing?
NET Bible
Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?
New Heart English Bible
Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?
The Emphasized Bible
Who hath fashioned a GOD, Oran image, hath molten? It cannot profit!
Webster
Who hath formed a god, or cast a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
World English Bible
Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?
Youngs Literal Translation
Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable?
Themes
Carving » Idols manufactured by
Idolatry » Making idols for the purpose of, described and ridiculed
Ignorance » Of self » It misleads, fetters and deceives men
Knowledge » Who has no knowledge
Profit » What is not profitable
ignorance of Self » It misleads, fetters and deceives men
Interlinear
Yatsar
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 44:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Idolatry Is Ridiculous
9
and what they treasure does not profit.
Their witnesses do not see or know anything,
so they will be put to shame.
for no profit?
and the craftsmen are humans.
They all will assemble and stand;
they all will be startled and put to shame.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 10:5
their idols cannot speak.
They must be carried
Do not fear them for they can do no harm
and they cannot do any good.
Habakkuk 2:18
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.
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!
1 Kings 12:28
So the king sought advice.
Then he made two golden calves, and he said to the people, “Going to Jerusalem is too difficult for you. Israel, here is your God
Isaiah 41:29
their works are nonexistent;
their images are wind and emptiness.
Daniel 3:1
King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue,
Daniel 3:14
Nebuchadnezzar asked them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you don’t serve my gods or worship the gold statue
1 Corinthians 8:4
About eating food offered to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.”