Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Shall man make to himself gods, and they not gods?
New American Standard Bible
Yet they are
King James Version
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Holman Bible
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?
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?
Themes
Defilement » Who defiles the land
Images » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Profit » What is not profitable
false Worship » False gods and Goddesses » General references to
Interlinear
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 16:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jeremiah's Prayer Of Confidence In The Lord
19 O Jehovah, my strength and my fortress, and my refuge in days of straits, to thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and they shall say, Surely our fathers inherited falsehood, vanity, and no receiving profit in them. 20 Shall man make to himself gods, and they not gods? 21 For this, behold me causing them to know in this once, I will cause them to know my hand and my strength; and they shall know that my name is Jehovah.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 37:19
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.
Psalm 115:4-8
Their images are silver and gold, the work of man's hands.
Jeremiah 2:11
Did a nation change their gods, and they no gods? and my people changed their glory for what will not profit
Hosea 8:4-6
They made kings, and not from me: and they made princes, and I knew not: their silver and their gold they made to them images to cut off.
Galatians 4:8
But then truly, not having known God, ye were in a servile condition to them not being gods by nature.
Psalm 135:14-18
For Jehovah will judge his people, and he will compassion upon his servants.
Isaiah 36:19
Where the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where the gods of Sepharvaim? and when have they delivered Shomeron from my hand?
Acts 19:26
And ye see and hear that not only Ephesus, but almost all Asia, this Paul having persuaded, changed a sufficient crowd, saying, that they are not gods made by hands:
Galatians 1:8
But also if we, or a messenger from heaven, announce good news to you, more than what: we have announced to you, let him be anathema.