Parallel Verses

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.

Bible in Basic English

The images 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
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 Jehovah will judge his people, and he will have pity on his servants. 15 The idols of the nations are but silver and gold,
The work of man’s hands.
16 They have mouths, but they do not speak. They have eyes, but they do not see.

Cross References

Psalm 115:4-8

Their idols are made of silver and gold. Human hands made them.

Deuteronomy 4:28

You will serve gods that are the work of men's hands. Made of wood and stone. They cannot see, hear, eat or smell.

Isaiah 37:19

They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them. But they were not gods! They were only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.

Isaiah 40:19-20

As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.

Isaiah 44:9-20

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.

Isaiah 46:6-7

Some pour out gold from their bags and weigh out silver on the scales. They hire a goldsmith to make it into a god. They bow down and worship it.

Jeremiah 10:3-11

The people's customs are erroneous and empty. It is wood cut from the forest. It is the work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

Habakkuk 2:18-19

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 17:29

Being then the offspring of God, we should not think that the divine being is like gold, or silver, or stone, a device made by man's design or skill.

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