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"Of what value is an idol carved by a craftsman? Or an image that teaches lies? For the one who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.King James Bible
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?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?Young's Literal 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?Habakkuk 2:18 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleWhat profiteth the graven image - This is against idolatry in general, and every species of it, as well as against those princes, priests, and people who practice it, and encourage others to do the same. See on Isaiah 44:9-10 (note); Isaiah 46:2 (note). Dumb idols? - אלילים אלמים elilim illemim, "dumb nothings." This is exactly agreeable to St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 8:4, who says, "An idol is nothing in the world." What signify the idols worshipped by the Chaldeans, Tyrians, and Egyptians? They have not been able to save their worshippers. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge profiteth. Isaiah 37:38 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god... Isaiah 42:17 They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, You are our gods. Isaiah 44:9,10 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses... Isaiah 45:16,20 They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols... Isaiah 46:1,2,6-8 Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols were on the beasts, and on the cattle: your carriages were heavy laden... Jeremiah 2:27,28 Saying to a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me... Jeremiah 10:3-5 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax... Jeremiah 50:2 Declare you among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken... Romans 6:21 What fruit had you then in those things whereof you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. a teacher. Jeremiah 10:8,14,15 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities... Jonah 2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. Zechariah 10:2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain... Romans 1:23-25 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four footed beasts... 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders... 1 Timothy 4:1,2 Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits... Revelation 13:11-15 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon... Revelation 19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that worked miracles before him... that the. Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands... Psalm 135:15-18 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands... Isaiah 1:31 And the strong shall be as wick, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. Isaiah 44:14-20 He hews him down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest... maker of his work. Heb. fashioner of his fashion. dumb. 1 Corinthians 12:2 You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, even as you were led. Habakkuk 2:18 Parallel Commentaries
Carved Creation Dumb Engraved Faith False. Falsehood Fashioneth Fashions Form Gods Graven Handiwork Idol Idols Image Lies Maker Makes Making Metal Molten Mute Profit Profiteth Shaped Speak Speechless Teacher Teaches Therein Thereof Trusteth Trusts Value Work WorkmanCarved Creation Dumb Engraved Faith False. Falsehood Fashioneth Fashions Form Gods Graven Handiwork Idol Idols Image Lies Maker Makes Making Metal Molten Mute Profit Profiteth Shaped Speak Speechless Teacher Teaches Therein Thereof Trusteth Trusts Value Work WorkmanTHE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®.Habakkuk 2:18 Mobile Bible
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1 Corinthians 12:2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
1 Samuel 12:21 Do not turn away after useless idols. They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.
Psalm 97:7 All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols-- worship him, all you gods!
Psalm 115:4 But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.
Psalm 115:8 Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.
Isaiah 40:19 As for an idol, a metalworker casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it.
Isaiah 41:26 Who told of this from the beginning, so we could know, or beforehand, so we could say, 'He was right'? No one told of this, no one foretold it, no one heard any words from you.
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