Jeremiah 16:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods?

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  • Isa 37:19 : 19 so as to put their gods into fire -- for they `are' no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone -- and they destroy them.
  • Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols `are' silver and gold, work of man's hands, 5 A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, 6 Ears they have, and they hear not, A nose they have, and they smell not, 7 Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not; 8 Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.
  • Gal 4:8 : 8 But then, indeed, not having known God, ye were in servitude to those not by nature gods,
  • Jer 2:11 : 11 Hath a nation changed gods? (And they `are' no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.
  • Hos 8:4-6 : 4 They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off. 5 Cast off hath thy calf, O Samaria, Burned hath Mine anger against them, Till when are they not capable of purity? 6 For even it `is' of Israel; an artificer made it, And it `is' not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!
  • Acts 19:26 : 26 and ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this Paul, having persuaded, did turn away a great multitude, saying, that they are not gods who are made by hands;
  • Gal 1:8 : 8 but even if we or a messenger out of heaven may proclaim good news to you different from what we did proclaim to you -- anathema let him be!
  • Ps 135:14-18 : 14 For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants comforteth Himself. 15 The idols of the nations `are' silver and gold, Work of the hands of man. 16 A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not, 17 Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth! 18 Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.
  • Isa 36:19 : 19 Where `are' the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where the gods of Sepharvaim, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 44:9-10
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    9 Framers of a graven image `are' all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they `are', They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.

    10 Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable?

  • Isa 40:18-19
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    77%

    18 And unto whom do ye liken God, And what likeness do ye compare to Him?

    19 The graven image poured out hath a artizan, And a refiner with gold spreadeth it over, And chains of silver he is refining.

  • 26 For all gods of the peoples `are' nought, And Jehovah the heavens hath made.

  • 11 Hath a nation changed gods? (And they `are' no gods!) And My people hath changed its honour For that which doth not profit.

  • 23 ye do not make with Me gods of silver, even gods of gold ye do not make to yourselves.

  • 19 so as to put their gods into fire -- for they `are' no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone -- and they destroy them.

  • 17 a molten god thou dost not make to thyself.

  • 18 and have put their gods into fire, for they `are' no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.

  • 18 Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

  • 28 And where `are' thy gods, that thou hast made to thyself? Let them arise, if they may save thee, In the time of thy vexation, For -- the number of thy cities have been thy gods, O Judah,

  • 8 Nor do they mutter through their throat, Like them are their makers, Every one who is trusting in them.

  • 17 And its remnant for a god he hath made -- For his graven image, He falleth down to it, and worshippeth, And prayeth unto it, and he saith, `Deliver me, for my god thou `art'.'

  • 15 The idols of the nations `are' silver and gold, Work of the hands of man.

  • 37 And He hath said, Where `are' their gods -- The rock in which they trusted;

  • 11 Thus do ye say to them, The gods Who the heavens and earth have not made, They do perish from the earth, And from under these heavens.

  • 32 And that which is going up on your mind, It is not at all -- in that ye are saying: We will be as the nations, as the families of the lands, To serve wood and stone.

  • 28 and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

  • Jer 51:17-18
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    17 Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false `is' his molten image, And there is no breath in them.

    18 Vanity `are' they -- work of errors, In the time of their inspection they perish.

  • 4 Their idols `are' silver and gold, work of man's hands,

  • 16 They have been ashamed, And they have even blushed -- all of them, Together gone in confusion have those carving images.

  • 19 O Jehovah, my strength, and my fortress, And my refuge in a day of adversity, Unto Thee nations do come from the ends of earth, And say, Only falsehood did our fathers inherit, Vanity, and none among them is profitable.

  • 16 Your perversion! as clay is the potter esteemed? That the work saith of its maker, `He hath not made me?' And the framed thing said of its framer, `He did not understand?'

  • 20 nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form `it', Why me didst thou make thus?

  • 8 And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,

  • 18 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?

  • 4 `Ye do not turn unto the idols, and a molten god ye do not make to yourselves; I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • 20 Be gathered, and come in, Come nigh together, ye escaped of the nations, They have not known, Who are lifting up the wood of their graven image, And praying unto a god `that' saveth not.

  • 5 For all the gods of the peoples `are' nought, And Jehovah made the heavens.

  • Jer 10:14-15
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    73%

    14 Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false `is' his molten image. And there is no breath in them.

    15 Vanity `are' they, work of erring ones, In the time of their inspection they perish.

  • 17 Removed backward -- utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, `Ye `are' our gods.'

  • 23 and they say to me, Make for us gods, who go before us, for this Moses -- the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt -- we have not known what hath happened to him;

  • Exod 20:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 `Thou hast no other Gods before Me.

    4 `Thou dost not make to thyself a graven image, or any likeness which `is' in the heavens above, or which `is' in the earth beneath, or which `is' in the waters under the earth.

  • 8 And he looketh not unto the altars. The work of his own hands, And that which his own fingers made He seeth not -- the shrines and the images.

  • 21 Therefore, lo, I am causing them to know at this time, I cause them to know My hand and My might, And they have known that My name `is' Jehovah!

  • 9 There is not in thee a strange god, And thou bowest not thyself to a strange god.

  • 19 and they speak against the God of Jerusalem as against the gods of the peoples of the land -- work of the hands of man.

  • 1 `Ye do not make to yourselves idols; and graven image or standing image ye do not set up to yourselves; and a stone of imagery ye do not put in your land, to bow yourselves to it; for I `am' Jehovah your God.

  • 6 For even it `is' of Israel; an artificer made it, And it `is' not God, For the calf of Samaria is fragments!

  • 15 And it hath been for man to burn, And he taketh of them, and becometh warm, Yea, he kindleth `it', and hath baked bread, Yea, he maketh a god, and boweth himself, He hath made it a graven image, And he falleth down to it.

  • 26 and they go and serve other gods, and bow themselves to them -- gods which they have not known, and which He hath not apportioned to them;

  • 6 -- They are pouring out gold from a bag, And silver on the beam they weigh, They hire a refiner, and he maketh it a god, They fall down, yea, they bow themselves.

  • 17 `Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

  • 4 They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off.

  • 3 `Son of man, these men have caused their idols to go up on their heart, and the stumbling-block of their iniquity they have put over-against their faces; am I inquired of at all by them?