Habakkuk 2:18-19
English Standard Version
18 (A)“What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, (B)a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes (C)speechless idols!
19 (D)Woe to him (E)who says to a wooden thing, Awake;
to a silent stone, Arise!
Can this teach?
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
and (F)there is no breath at all in it.
Habakkuk 2:18-19
New International Version
18 “Of what value(A) is an idol(B) carved by a craftsman?
Or an image(C) that teaches lies?
For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.(D)
19 Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Come to life!’
Or to lifeless stone, ‘Wake up!’(E)
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;(F)
there is no breath in it.”(G)
Psalm 115:5
English Standard Version
5 They have mouths, (A)but do not speak;
eyes, but do not see.
Psalm 115:5
New International Version
5 They have mouths, but cannot speak,(A)
eyes, but cannot see.
Isaiah 46:7
English Standard Version
7 (A)They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it,
they set it in its place, and it stands there;
(B)it cannot move from its place.
If one cries to it, it does not answer
or save him from his trouble.
Isaiah 46:7
New International Version
Jeremiah 10:5
English Standard Version
5 Their idols[a] are like scarecrows in a cucumber field,
and (A)they cannot speak;
(B)they have to be carried,
for they cannot walk.
Do not be afraid of them,
(C)for they cannot do evil,
neither is it in them to do good.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:5 Hebrew They
Jeremiah 10:5
New International Version
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