Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Can man make gods for himself?
Yet they are not gods!

King James Version

Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

Holman Bible

Can one make gods for himself?
But they are not gods.

International Standard Version

Can a person make a god for himself? They are not gods!

A Conservative Version

Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?

American Standard Version

Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?

Amplified


“Can a man make gods for himself?
Such [things] are not gods!

Bible in Basic English

Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods?

Darby Translation

Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no-gods?

Julia Smith Translation

Shall man make to himself gods, and they not gods?

King James 2000

Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Can a human make for himself gods? Yet they [are] not gods!"

Modern King James verseion

Shall a man make gods to himself, and they are no gods?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

How can a man make those, his gods, which are not able to be gods?"

NET Bible

Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all."

New Heart English Bible

Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?'"

The Emphasized Bible

Shall a son of earth, make for himself gods, Seeing that, they, are no-gods?

Webster

Shall a man make gods to himself, and they are no gods?

World English Bible

Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?

Youngs Literal Translation

Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

References

Smith

Context Readings

Jeremiah's Prayer Of Confidence In The Lord

19 O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the time of the affliction; Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things in which there is no profit. 20 Can man make gods for himself?
Yet they are not gods!
21 Therefore, behold, I will cause them to know this time; I will cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD.

Cross References

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 have destroyed them.

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has a nation changed their gods? Even though they are not gods. But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit.

Hosea 8:4-6

They have reigned, but not by me; they have made dominion, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold they have made themselves idols that they may be cut off.

Galatians 4:8

However then, when ye did not know God, ye did service unto those who by nature are not gods.

Psalm 135:14-18

For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his slaves.

Isaiah 36:19

Where is the god of Hamath and Arphad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

Acts 19:26

Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away many people, saying that they are not gods which are made with hands

Galatians 1:8

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, were to preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be anathema.

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