Berean Standard 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.”
Habakkuk's second oracle pronounces a series of woes on the proud and violent. The last woe is aimed at those who put their trust in handmade gods.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.
World English Bible (WEB)
“What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?
King James Version (KJV)
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 (ASV)
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?
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
¿De qué sirve la escultura que esculpió el que la hizo? ¿la estatua de fundición, que enseña mentira, para que haciendo imágenes mudas confíe el hacedor en su obra?
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
»¿Qué provecho hay en rendir homenaje a los ídolos hechos por los artesanos? ¡Qué gran mentira es decir que ellos pueden ayudar! ¡Qué tonta fuiste al confiar en lo que tú misma habías hecho con tus manos!
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