Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 4100 [e] מָֽה־ māh- What Interrog 3276 [e] הוֹעִ֣יל hō-w-‘îl profit V-Hifil-Perf-3ms 6459 [e] פֶּ֗סֶל pe-sel [is] an image N-ms 3588 [e] כִּ֤י kî when Conj 6458 [e] פְסָלוֹ֙ p̄ə-sā-lōw has carved it V-Qal-Perf-3ms | 3ms 3336 [e] יֹֽצְר֔וֹ yō-ṣə-rōw its fashioner V-Qal-Prtcpl-msc | 3ms 4541 [e] מַסֵּכָ֖ה mas-sê-ḵāh a molten image N-fs 3384 [e] וּמ֣וֹרֶה ū-mō-w-reh and a teacher Conj-w | V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms 8267 [e] שָּׁ֑קֶר šā-qer of falsehood N-ms 3588 [e] כִּ֣י kî For Conj 982 [e] בָטַ֞ח ḇā-ṭaḥ trusts V-Qal-Perf-3ms 3335 [e] יֹצֵ֤ר yō-ṣêr the one fashioning V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 3335 [e] יִצְרוֹ֙ yiṣ-rōw [in] his fashioning N-msc | 3ms 5921 [e] עָלָ֔יו ‘ā-lāw upon it Prep | 3ms 6213 [e] לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת la-‘ă-śō-wṯ making Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf 457 [e] אֱלִילִ֥ים ’ĕ-lî-lîm idols N-mp 483 [e] אִלְּמִֽים׃ס ’il-lə-mîm Mute Adj-mp

Berean Study Bible
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

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?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
What use is a carved idol after its craftsman carves it? It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies. For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it and makes idols that cannot speak.

New American Standard Bible
"What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it, [Or] an image, a teacher of falsehood? For [its] maker trusts in his [own] handiwork When he fashions speechless idols.

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? Habakkuk 2:18 • Habakkuk 2:18 NIV • Habakkuk 2:18 NLT • Habakkuk 2:18 ESV • Habakkuk 2:18 NASB • Habakkuk 2:18 KJV • Habakkuk 2:18 Biblia Paralela • Habakkuk 2:18 Chinese Bible • Habakkuk 2:18 French Bible • Habakkuk 2:18 German Bible

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