Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
But the Lord made the heavens.

King James Version

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

Holman Bible

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but the Lord made the heavens.

International Standard Version

For all the gods of the nations are worthless idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

A Conservative Version

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but LORD made the heavens.

American Standard Version

For all the gods of the peoples are idols; But Jehovah made the heavens.

Amplified


For all the gods of the peoples are [worthless, lifeless] idols,
But the Lord made the heavens.

Bible in Basic English

For all the gods of the nations are false gods; but the Lord made the heavens.

Darby Translation

For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens.

Julia Smith Translation

For all the gods of the peoples are nothings: and Jehovah made the heavens:

King James 2000

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For all the gods of the peoples [are] idols, but Yahweh made [the] heavens.

Modern King James verseion

For all the gods of the nations are idols; but Jehovah made the heavens.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for all the gods of the Heathen, they are but Idols, but it is the LORD that made the heavens. {TYNDALE: For all the gods of the heathen are Idols; But the LORD made the heavens.}

NET Bible

For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the sky.

New Heart English Bible

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.

The Emphasized Bible

For, all the gods of the peoples, are things of nought - But, Yahweh, made, the heavens.

Webster

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

World English Bible

For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but Yahweh made the heavens.

Youngs Literal Translation

For all the gods of the peoples are nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For all the gods
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

of the nations
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

אליל 
'eliyl 
Usage: 19

but the Lord

Usage: 0

References

Easton

Context Readings

Yahweh The King Comes In Judgment

4 For Jehovah is great, and greatly to be praised! He should be reverenced above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
But the Lord made the heavens.
6 Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Cross References

Psalm 115:15

Jehovah, the maker of heaven and earth, will bless you.

Isaiah 42:5

God created the heavens and stretched them out. He fashioned the earth and all that lives there. He gave life and breath to all its people. And now Jehovah God says to his servant:

Jeremiah 10:11-12

You will say to the idolaters: The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Psalm 115:3-8

Our God is in heaven. He does whatever he pleases.

Psalm 135:15

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

Psalm 135:18

Those who make them will be like them, everyone who trusts in them.

Isaiah 44:8-28

Do not tremble. Do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses! Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock. There is not one!'

Isaiah 46:1-2

Bel bows down and Nebo stoops low. Their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome. They are a burden for the weary.

Jeremiah 10:3-5

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.

Jeremiah 10:14-15

Every man is stupid lacking knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful. There is no breath in them.

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 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.

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