Verse 1

Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} the king{H4430} made{H5648}{(H8754)} an image{H6755} of gold{H1722}, whose height{H7314} was threescore{H8361} cubits{H521}, and the breadth{H6613} thereof six{H8353} cubits{H521}: he set it up{H6966}{(H8684)} in the plain{H1236} of Dura{H1757}, in the province{H4083} of Babylon{H895}.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 46:6 : 6 They lavish{H2107}{(H8801)} gold{H2091} out of the bag{H3599}, and weigh{H8254}{(H8799)} silver{H3701} in the balance{H7070}, and hire{H7936}{(H8799)} a goldsmith{H6884}{(H8802)}; and he maketh{H6213}{(H8799)} it a god{H410}: they fall down{H5456}{(H8799)}, yea, they worship{H7812}{(H8691)}.
  • Jer 16:20 : 20 Shall a man{H120} make{H6213}{(H8799)} gods{H430} unto himself, and they are no gods{H430}?
  • Hab 2:19 : 19 Woe{H1945} unto him that saith{H559}{(H8802)} to the wood{H6086}, Awake{H6974}{(H8685)}; to the dumb{H1748} stone{H68}, Arise{H5782}{(H8798)}, it shall teach{H3384}{(H8686)}! Behold, it is laid{H8610}{(H8803)} over with gold{H2091} and silver{H3701}, and there is no breath{H7307} at all in the midst{H7130} of it.
  • Hos 8:4 : 4 They have set up kings{H4427}{(H8689)}, but not by me: they have made princes{H7786}{(H8689)}, and I knew{H3045}{(H8804)} it not: of their silver{H3701} and their gold{H2091} have they made{H6213}{(H8804)} them idols{H6091}, that they may be cut off{H3772}{(H8735)}.
  • Isa 40:19-31 : 19 The workman{H2796} melteth{H5258}{(H8804)} a graven image{H6459}, and the goldsmith{H6884}{(H8802)} spreadeth{H7554}{(H8762)} it over with gold{H2091}, and casteth{H6884}{(H8802)} silver{H3701} chains{H7577}. 20 He that is so impoverished{H5533}{(H8794)}{(H8676)}{H5534}{(H8765)} that he hath no oblation{H8641} chooseth{H977}{(H8799)} a tree{H6086} that will not rot{H7537}{(H8799)}; he seeketh{H1245}{(H8762)} unto him a cunning{H2450} workman{H2796} to prepare{H3559}{(H8687)} a graven image{H6459}, that shall not be moved{H4131}{(H8735)}. 21 Have ye not known{H3045}{(H8799)}? have ye not heard{H8085}{(H8799)}? hath it not been told{H5046}{(H8717)} you from the beginning{H7218}? have ye not understood{H995}{(H8689)} from the foundations{H4146} of the earth{H776}? 22 It is he that sitteth{H3427}{(H8802)} upon the circle{H2329} of the earth{H776}, and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof are as grasshoppers{H2284}; that stretcheth out{H5186}{(H8802)} the heavens{H8064} as a curtain{H1852}, and spreadeth them out{H4969}{(H8799)} as a tent{H168} to dwell in{H3427}{(H8800)}: 23 That bringeth{H5414}{(H8802)} the princes{H7336}{(H8802)} to nothing; he maketh{H6213}{(H8804)} the judges{H8199}{(H8802)} of the earth{H776} as vanity{H8414}. 24 Yea, they shall not be planted{H5193}{(H8738)}; yea, they shall not be sown{H2232}{(H8795)}: yea, their stock{H1503} shall not take root{H8327}{(H8782)} in the earth{H776}: and he shall also blow{H5398}{(H8804)} upon them, and they shall wither{H3001}{(H8799)}, and the whirlwind{H5591} shall take{H5375}{(H8799)} them away as stubble{H7179}. 25 To whom then will ye liken{H1819}{(H8762)} me, or shall I be equal{H7737}{(H8799)}? saith{H559}{(H8799)} the Holy One{H6918}. 26 Lift up{H5375}{(H8798)} your eyes{H5869} on high{H4791}, and behold{H7200}{(H8798)} who hath created{H1254}{(H8804)} these things, that bringeth out{H3318}{(H8688)} their host{H6635} by number{H4557}: he calleth{H7121}{(H8799)} them all by names{H8034} by the greatness{H7230} of his might{H202}, for that he is strong{H533} in power{H3581}; not one{H376} faileth{H5737}{(H8738)}. 27 Why sayest{H559}{(H8799)} thou, O Jacob{H3290}, and speakest{H1696}{(H8762)}, O Israel{H3478}, My way{H1870} is hid{H5641}{(H8738)} from the LORD{H3068}, and my judgment{H4941} is passed over{H5674}{(H8799)} from my God{H430}? 28 Hast thou not known{H3045}{(H8804)}? hast thou not heard{H8085}{(H8804)}, that the everlasting{H5769} God{H430}, the LORD{H3068}, the Creator{H1254}{(H8802)} of the ends{H7098} of the earth{H776}, fainteth{H3286}{(H8799)} not, neither is weary{H3021}{(H8799)}? there is no searching{H2714} of his understanding{H8394}. 29 He giveth{H5414}{(H8802)} power{H3581} to the faint{H3287}; and to them that have no might{H202} he increaseth{H7235}{(H8686)} strength{H6109}. 30 Even the youths{H5288} shall faint{H3286}{(H8799)} and be weary{H3021}{(H8799)}, and the young men{H970} shall utterly{H3782}{(H8800)} fall{H3782}{(H8735)}: 31 But they that wait{H6960}{(H8802)} upon the LORD{H3068} shall renew{H2498}{(H8686)} their strength{H3581}; they shall mount up{H5927}{(H8799)} with wings{H83} as eagles{H5404}; they shall run{H7323}{(H8799)}, and not be weary{H3021}{(H8799)}; and they shall walk{H3212}{(H8799)}, and not faint{H3286}{(H8799)}.
  • Acts 17:29 : 29 Forasmuch then{G3767} as we are{G5225}{(G5723)} the offspring{G1085} of God{G2316}, we ought{G3784}{(G5719)} not{G3756} to think{G3543}{(G5721)} that the Godhead{G2304} is{G1511}{(G5750)} like{G3664} unto gold{G5557}, or{G2228} silver{G696}, or{G2228} stone{G3037}, graven{G5480} by art{G5078} and{G2532} man's{G444} device{G1761}.
  • Acts 19:26 : 26 Moreover{G2532} ye see{G2334}{(G5719)} and{G2532} hear{G191}{(G5719)}, that{G3754} not{G3756} alone{G3440} at Ephesus{G2181}, but{G235} almost{G4975} throughout all{G3956} Asia{G773}, this{G3778} Paul{G3972} hath persuaded{G3982}{(G5660)} and turned away{G3179}{(G5656)} much{G2425} people{G3793}, saying{G3004}{(G5723)} that{G3754} they be{G1526}{(G5748)} no{G3756} gods{G2316}, which{G3588} are made{G1096}{(G5740)} with{G1223} hands{G5495}:
  • 1 Kgs 12:28 : 28 Whereupon the king{H4428} took counsel{H3289}{(H8735)}, and made{H6213}{(H8799)} two{H8147} calves{H5695} of gold{H2091}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, It is too much{H7227} for you to go up{H5927}{(H8800)} to Jerusalem{H3389}: behold thy gods{H430}, O Israel{H3478}, which brought thee up{H5927}{(H8689)} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}.
  • Ps 115:4-8 : 4 Their idols{H6091} are silver{H3701} and gold{H2091}, the work{H4639} of men's{H120} hands{H3027}. 5 They have mouths{H6310}, but they speak{H1696}{(H8762)} not: eyes{H5869} have they, but they see{H7200}{(H8799)} not: 6 They have ears{H241}, but they hear{H8085}{(H8799)} not: noses{H639} have they, but they smell{H7306}{(H8686)} not: 7 They have hands{H3027}, but they handle{H4184}{(H8686)} not: feet{H7272} have they, but they walk{H1980}{(H8762)} not: neither speak{H1897}{(H8799)} they through their throat{H1627}. 8 They that make{H6213}{(H8802)} them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth{H982}{(H8802)} in them.
  • Ps 135:15 : 15 The idols{H6091} of the heathen{H1471} are silver{H3701} and gold{H2091}, the work{H4639} of men's{H120} hands{H3027}.
  • Isa 2:20 : 20 In that day{H3117} a man{H120} shall cast{H7993}{(H8686)} his idols{H457} of silver{H3701}, and his idols{H457} of gold{H2091}, which they made each one for himself{H6213}{(H8804)} to worship{H7812}{(H8692)}, to the moles{H2661}{H6512} and to the bats{H5847};
  • Isa 30:22 : 22 Ye shall defile{H2930}{(H8765)} also the covering{H6826} of thy graven images{H6456} of silver{H3701}, and the ornament{H642} of thy molten images{H4541} of gold{H2091}: thou shalt cast them away{H2219}{(H8799)} as a menstruous cloth{H1739}; thou shalt say{H559}{(H8799)} unto it, Get thee hence{H3318}{(H8798)}.
  • Exod 20:23 : 23 Ye shall not make{H6213}{(H8799)} with me gods{H430} of silver{H3701}, neither shall ye make{H6213}{(H8799)} unto you gods{H430} of gold{H2091}.
  • Exod 32:31 : 31 And Moses{H4872} returned{H7725}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Oh{H577}, this people{H5971} have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} a great{H1419} sin{H2401}, and have made{H6213}{(H8799)} them gods{H430} of gold{H2091}.
  • Deut 7:25 : 25 The graven images{H6456} of their gods{H430} shall ye burn{H8313}{(H8799)} with fire{H784}: thou shalt not desire{H2530}{(H8799)} the silver{H3701} or gold{H2091} that is on them, nor take{H3947}{(H8804)} it unto thee, lest thou be snared{H3369}{(H8735)} therein: for it is an abomination{H8441} to the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}.
  • Jer 10:9 : 9 Silver{H3701} spread into plates{H7554}{(H8794)} is brought{H935}{(H8714)} from Tarshish{H8659}, and gold{H2091} from Uphaz{H210}, the work{H4639} of the workman{H2796}, and of the hands{H3027} of the founder{H6884}{(H8802)}: blue{H8504} and purple{H713} is their clothing{H3830}: they are all the work{H4639} of cunning{H2450} men.
  • Dan 2:31-32 : 31 Thou{H607}, O king{H4430}, sawest{H1934}{(H8754)}{H2370}{(H8751)}, and behold{H431} a great{H2298}{H7690} image{H6755}. This{H1797} great{H7229} image{H6755}, whose brightness{H2122} was excellent{H3493}, stood{H6966}{(H8750)} before{H6903} thee; and the form{H7299} thereof was terrible{H1763}{(H8753)}. 32 This image's{H6755} head{H7217} was of fine{H2869} gold{H1722}, his breast{H2306} and his arms{H1872} of silver{H3702}, his belly{H4577} and his thighs{H3410} of brass{H5174},
  • Dan 2:48 : 48 Then{H116} the king{H4430} made{H7236} Daniel{H1841} a great man{H7236}{(H8745)}, and gave{H3052}{(H8754)} him many{H7690} great{H7260} gifts{H4978}, and made him ruler{H7981}{(H8684)} over{H5922} the whole{H3606} province{H4083} of Babylon{H895}, and chief{H7229} of the governors{H5460} over{H5922} all{H3606} the wise{H2445} men of Babylon{H895}.
  • Dan 5:23 : 23 But hast lifted up{H7313}{(H8712)} thyself against{H5922} the Lord{H4756} of heaven{H8065}; and they have brought{H858}{(H8684)} the vessels{H3984} of his house{H1005} before{H6925} thee, and thou{H607}, and thy lords{H7261}, thy wives{H7695}, and thy concubines{H3904}, have drunk{H8355}{(H8750)} wine{H2562} in them; and thou hast praised{H7624}{(H8745)} the gods{H426} of silver{H3702}, and gold{H1722}, of brass{H5174}, iron{H6523}, wood{H636}, and stone{H69}, which see{H2370}{(H8751)} not{H3809}, nor{H3809} hear{H8086}{(H8750)}, nor{H3809} know{H3046}{(H8751)}: and the God{H426} in whose hand{H3028} thy breath{H5396} is, and whose are all{H3606} thy ways{H735}, hast thou not{H3809} glorified{H1922}{(H8745)}:
  • Rev 9:20 : 20 And{G2532} the rest{G3062} of the men{G444} which{G3739} were{G615} not{G3756} killed{G615}{(G5681)} by{G1722} these{G5025} plagues{G4127} yet{G3777} repented{G3340}{(G5656)} not{G3777} of{G1537} the works{G2041} of their{G846} hands{G5495}, that{G3363} they should{G4352} not{G3363} worship{G4352}{(G5661)} devils{G1140}, and{G2532} idols{G1497} of gold{G5552}, and{G2532} silver{G693}, and{G2532} brass{G5470}, and{G2532} stone{G3035}, and{G2532} of wood{G3585}: which{G3739} neither{G3777} can{G1410}{(G5736)} see{G991}{(G5721)}, nor{G3777} hear{G191}{(G5721)}, nor{G3777} walk{G4043}{(G5721)}:
  • Dan 3:30 : 30 Then{H116} the king{H4430} promoted{H6744}{(H8684)} Shadrach{H7715}, Meshach{H4336}, and Abednego{H5665}, in the province{H4083} of Babylon{H895}.
  • 2 Kgs 19:17-18 : 17 Of a truth{H551}, LORD{H3068}, the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804} have destroyed{H2717}{(H8689)} the nations{H1471} and their lands{H776}, 18 And have cast{H5414}{(H8804)} their gods{H430} into the fire{H784}: for they were no gods{H430}, but the work{H4639} of men's{H120} hands{H3027}, wood{H6086} and stone{H68}: therefore they have destroyed{H6}{(H8762)} them.
  • Esth 1:1 : 1 Now it came to pass in the days{H3117} of Ahasuerus{H325},(this is Ahasuerus{H325} which reigned{H4427}{(H8802)}, from India{H1912} even unto Ethiopia{H3568}, over an hundred{H3967} and seven{H7651} and twenty{H6242} provinces{H4082}:)
  • Judg 8:26-27 : 26 And the weight{H4948} of the golden{H2091} earrings{H5141} that he requested{H7592}{(H8804)} was a thousand{H505} and seven{H7651} hundred{H3967} shekels of gold{H2091}; beside ornaments{H7720}, and collars{H5188}, and purple{H713} raiment{H899} that was on the kings{H4428} of Midian{H4080}, and beside the chains{H6060} that were about their camels{H1581}' necks{H6677}. 27 And Gideon{H1439} made{H6213}{(H8799)} an ephod{H646} thereof, and put{H3322}{(H8686)} it in his city{H5892}, even in Ophrah{H6084}: and all Israel{H3478} went thither a whoring{H2181}{(H8799)} after{H310} it: which thing became a snare{H4170} unto Gideon{H1439}, and to his house{H1004}.
  • Exod 32:2-4 : 2 And Aaron{H175} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Break off{H6561}{(H8761)} the golden{H2091} earrings{H5141}, which are in the ears{H241} of your wives{H802}, of your sons{H1121}, and of your daughters{H1323}, and bring{H935}{(H8685)} them unto me. 3 And all the people{H5971} brake off{H6561}{(H8691)} the golden{H2091} earrings{H5141} which were in their ears{H241}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} them unto Aaron{H175}. 4 And he received{H3947}{(H8799)} them at their hand{H3027}, and fashioned{H6696}{(H8799)} it with a graving tool{H2747}, after he had made{H6213}{(H8799)} it a molten{H4541} calf{H5695}: and they said{H559}{(H8799)}, These be thy gods{H430}, O Israel{H3478}, which brought{H5927}{(H8689)} thee up out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}.