Isaiah 44:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 10:5 : 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also 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, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Acts 19:26 : 26 Moreover 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 be no gods, which are made with hands:
1 Cor 8:4 : 4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but 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 spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, 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 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, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Isa 44:9
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9They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
Hab 2:18-19
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18What 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?
19Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Isa 40:18-20
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18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
19The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.
20He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Jer 10:14-15
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14Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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Jer 51:17-18
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17Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
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Ps 135:18
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Isa 44:17-19
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Ps 135:15-16
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15The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
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2 Kgs 19:18
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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.
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Isa 31:7
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