Habakkuk 2:18

King James Version (KJV)

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Translations

Habakkuk 2:18 - Amplified Bible

What profit is the graven image when its maker has formed it? It is only a molten image and a teacher of lies. For the maker trusts in his own creations [as his gods] when he makes dumb idols.

Habakkuk 2:18 - American Standard Version

What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Habakkuk 2:18 - Bible in Basic English

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?

Habakkuk 2:18 - Darby Bible

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?

Habakkuk 2:18 - English Standard Version

"What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!

Habakkuk 2:18 - King James Version

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

Habakkuk 2:18 - La Biblia de las Americas

¿De qué sirve el ìdolo que su artìfice ha esculpido,
o la imagen fundida, maestra de mentiras,
para que su hacedor confìe en su obra
cuando hace ìdolos mudos?

Habakkuk 2:18 - The Message

"What’s the use of a carved god
   so skillfully carved by its sculptor?
What good is a fancy cast god
   when all it tells is lies?
What sense does it make to be a pious god-maker
   who makes gods that can’t even talk?
Who do you think you are—
   saying to a stick of wood, ’Wake up,’
Or to a dumb stone, ’Get up’?
   Can they teach you anything about anything?
There’s nothing to them but surface.
   There’s nothing on the inside.

Habakkuk 2:18 - New American Standard Bible

"What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it, {Or} an image, a teacher of falsehood? For {its} maker trusts in his {own} handiwork When he fashions speechless idols.

Habakkuk 2:18 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

¿De qué sirve el ìdolo que su artìfice ha esculpido,
O la imagen fundida, maestra de mentiras,
Para que su hacedor confìe en su obra
Cuando hace ìdolos mudos?

Habakkuk 2:18 - World English Bible

"What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?

Habakkuk 2:18 - Young's Living Translation

What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?

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