Isaiah 44:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִֽי־יָצַ֥ר אֵ֖ל וּפֶ֣סֶל נָסָ֑ךְ לְבִלְתִּ֖י הוֹעִֽיל׃

Transliteration

mî-yāṣar ʾēl û-p̄esel nāsāḵ ləḇiltî hôʿîl

Grammar Details

*mî-yāṣar*: interrogative pronoun + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - who has formed
*ʾēl*: noun, masculine singular - god/deity
*û-p̄esel*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and idol
*nāsāḵ*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he cast/poured
*ləḇiltî*: preposition + negative particle - for not
*hôʿîl*: verb, hiphil infinitive construct - to profit

Word Meanings

*yāṣar*: formed/fashioned/shaped
*ʾēl*: god/deity/divine being/mighty one
*p̄esel*: idol/carved image/graven image
*nāsāḵ*: cast/poured/molded
*ləḇiltî hôʿîl*: for no profit/to be useless/without benefit

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 10:5 : 5 They are like a palm-tree, of turned work, and speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
Hab 2:18 : 18 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?
Acts 19:26 : 26 And ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands:
1 Cor 8:4 : 4 Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is [anything] in the world, and that there is no {G2087} God but {G3361} one.
Dan 3:1 : 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Dan 3:14 : 14 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said unto them, Is it of purpose, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that ye serve not my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
1 Kgs 12:28 : 28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold; and he said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Isa 41:29 : 29 Behold, all of them, their works are vanity [and] nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Isa 44:9
90%
9They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.
Hab 2:18-19
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18What 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?
19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Isa 40:18-20
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82%
18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19The image, a workman hath cast [it], and the goldsmith overlayeth it with gold, and casteth [for it] silver chains.
20He that is too impoverished for [such] an oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilful workman to set up a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Jer 10:14-15
2 verses
81%
14Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
15They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Jer 51:17-18
2 verses
80%
17Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
18They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
Jer 16:20
79%
20Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?
Ps 135:18
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18They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.
Ps 115:4
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4Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
Ps 115:7-8
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78%
7They have hands, but they handle not; Feet have they, but they walk not; Neither speak they through their throat.
8They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.
Isa 44:17-19
3 verses
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17And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
18They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
19And none calleth to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Isa 44:11
77%
11Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be put to shame together.
Isa 41:29
77%
29Behold, all of them, their works are vanity [and] nought; their molten images are wind and confusion.
Isa 46:5-6
2 verses
76%
5To whom will ye like me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
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Ps 135:15-16
2 verses
76%
15The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.
16They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not;
Isa 2:8
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8Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.
Jer 10:8-9
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8But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
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Isa 44:15
74%
15Then shall it be for a man to burn; and he taketh thereof, and warmeth himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread: yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
Isa 45:16
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16They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.
Deut 27:15
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15Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Isa 42:17
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17They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods.
Isa 37:19
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19and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
Isa 41:24
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24Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work is of nought; an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Isa 29:16
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16Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?
Hos 8:6
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6For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Exod 20:4
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4Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness [of any thing] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Jer 2:11
73%
11Hath a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
2 Kgs 19:18
73%
18and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
Deut 5:8
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8Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, [nor] any likeness [of anything] that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
Isa 17:8
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8And they shall not look to the altars, the work of their hands; neither shall they have respect to that which their fingers have made, either the Asherim, or the sun-images.
Deut 4:16
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16Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
Exod 34:17
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17Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
Hos 8:4
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4They have set up kings, but not by me; they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Isa 45:9
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9Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Isa 31:7
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7For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
Isa 45:20
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20Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
Deut 4:28
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28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Ps 97:7
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7Let all them be put to shame that serve graven images, That boast themselves of idols: Worship him, all ye gods.
Acts 7:41
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Isa 54:16
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16Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.