Parallel Verses
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?
Holman Bible
for no profit?
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 44:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Idolatry Is Ridiculous
9
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.
10 Who has fashioned a god or cast
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 10:5
They are like scarecrows in cucumber fields. They cannot speak. They must be carried, for they cannot walk! Do not fear them! For they can do no harm and they can do no good.
Habakkuk 2:18
What is an idol worth after the carver is done? It is merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made by human hands from wood or metal?
Acts 19:26
You see and hear that Paul, in Ephesus and throughout all Asia, has persuaded and turned away many people. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
1 Kings 12:28
After asking for advice, the king made two golden calves. He said: You have been worshiping in Jerusalem long enough. Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.
Isaiah 41:29
See they are all false (hurtful) (nonexistent)! Their deeds amount to nothing! Their images are but wind and confusion.
Daniel 3:1
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold. He set it up in the plain of Dura, the province of Babylon. It was ninety feet tall and nine feet wide.
Daniel 3:14
Nebuchadnezzar said to them: Is it true Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that you do not serve my god, nor worship the golden image that I set up?
1 Corinthians 8:4
Concerning the eating of food offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.