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Bible in Basic English

The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

New American Standard Bible

The idols of the nations are but silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The idols of the nations are of silver and gold,
made by human hands.

International Standard Version

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, worked by the hands of human beings.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.

Darby Translation

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands:

Julia Smith Translation

The images of the nation are silver and gold, the work of man's hands.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

The idols of the nations [are] silver and gold, [the] work of the hands of humankind.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for the images of the heathen, they are but silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

NET Bible

The nations' idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

The idols of the nations, are silver and gold, the work of the hands of men:

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The idols
עצב 
`atsab 
Usage: 17

of the heathen
גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

and gold
זהב 
Zahab 
Usage: 390

the work
מעשׂה 
Ma`aseh 
Usage: 234

of men's
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

References

Easton

Context Readings

Praise To God For His Power And Redemption

14 For the Lord will be judge of his people's cause; his feelings will be changed to his servants. 15 The images of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but they do not see;


Cross References

Psalm 115:4-8

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

Deuteronomy 4:28

There you will be the servants of gods, made by men's hands, of wood and stone, having no power of seeing or hearing or taking food or smelling.

Isaiah 37:19

And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

Isaiah 40:19-20

The workman makes an image, and the gold-worker puts gold plates over it, and makes silver bands for it.

Isaiah 44:9-20

Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.

Isaiah 46:6-7

As for those who take gold out of a bag, and put silver in the scales, they give payment to a gold-worker, to make it into a god; they go down on their faces and give it worship.

Jeremiah 10:3-11

For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.

Habakkuk 2:18-19

What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?

Acts 17:29

If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.

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