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Isaiah 44:10
Who would fashion a god or cast an image that can do no good?
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Christian Standard Bible®
Who makes a god or casts a metal imagethat benefits no one?
Who makes a god or casts a metal imagethat benefits no one?
Hebrew Names Version
Who has fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
Who has fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
King James Version
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
English Standard Version
Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?
Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?
New American Standard Bible
Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no benefit?
Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no benefit?
New Century Version
Who made these gods? Who made these useless idols?
Who made these gods? Who made these useless idols?
Amplified Bible
Who has made a god or cast an idol which is profitable for nothing?
Who has made a god or cast an idol which is profitable for nothing?
World English Bible
Who has fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
Who has fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
Geneva Bible (1587)
Who hath made a god, or molten an image, that is profitable for nothing?
Who hath made a god, or molten an image, that is profitable for nothing?
Legacy Standard Bible
Who has formed a god or cast a graven image to no profit?
Who has formed a god or cast a graven image to no profit?
Berean Standard Bible
Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?
Contemporary English Version
Why make an idol or an image that can't do a thing?
Why make an idol or an image that can't do a thing?
Complete Jewish Bible
Who would fashion a god or cast an image that profits no one anything?
Who would fashion a god or cast an image that profits no one anything?
Darby Translation
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Easy-to-Read Version
Who made these false gods? Who covered these useless statues?
Who made these false gods? Who covered these useless statues?
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore let them be ashamed, those who make gods or graven and molten images that are profitable for nothing.
Therefore let them be ashamed, those who make gods or graven and molten images that are profitable for nothing.
Good News Translation
It does no good to make a metal image to worship as a god!
It does no good to make a metal image to worship as a god!
Lexham English Bible
Who would form a god and cast an image of which he cannot profit?
Who would form a god and cast an image of which he cannot profit?
Literal Translation
Who has formed a god, or poured out an image to no profit?
Who has formed a god, or poured out an image to no profit?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who shulde now make a god, or fashio an Idol, that is profitable for nothinge?
Who shulde now make a god, or fashio an Idol, that is profitable for nothinge?
American Standard Version
Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
Bible in Basic English
Whoever makes a god, makes nothing but a metal image in which there is no profit.
Whoever makes a god, makes nothing but a metal image in which there is no profit.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
King James Version (1611)
Who hath formed a God, or moulten a grauen image that is profitable for nothing?
Who hath formed a God, or moulten a grauen image that is profitable for nothing?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Who dare then make a god, or fashion an image that is profitable for nothing?
Who dare then make a god, or fashion an image that is profitable for nothing?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
that form a god, and all that grave worthless things:
that form a god, and all that grave worthless things:
English Revised Version
Who hath fashioned a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Who hath fashioned a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Who fourmyde a god, and yetide an ymage, not profitable to ony thing?
Who fourmyde a god, and yetide an ymage, not profitable to ony thing?
Update Bible Version
Who has fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
Who has fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?
Webster's Bible Translation
Who hath formed a god, or cast a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing?
Who hath formed a god, or cast a graven image [that] is profitable for nothing?
New English Translation
Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?
Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?
New King James Version
Who would form a god or mold an image That profits him nothing?
Who would form a god or mold an image That profits him nothing?
New Living Translation
Who but a fool would make his own god— an idol that cannot help him one bit?
Who but a fool would make his own god— an idol that cannot help him one bit?
New Life Bible
Who has made a false god or an object of worship that is of no worth?
Who has made a false god or an object of worship that is of no worth?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Who hath fashioned a GOD, Oran image, hath molten? It cannot profit!
Who hath fashioned a GOD, Oran image, hath molten? It cannot profit!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Who hath formed a god, and made a graven thing that is profitable for nothing?
Who hath formed a god, and made a graven thing that is profitable for nothing?
Revised Standard Version
Who fashions a god or casts an image, that is profitable for nothing?
Who fashions a god or casts an image, that is profitable for nothing?
Young's Literal Translation
Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable?
Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out -- not profitable?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no profit?
Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no profit?
Contextual Overview
9 All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see nor know. And so they will be put to shame. 10 Who would fashion a god or cast an image that can do no good? 11 Look, all its devotees shall be put to shame; the artisans too are merely human. Let them all assemble, let them stand up; they shall be terrified, they shall all be put to shame. 12 The ironsmith fashions it and works it over the coals, shaping it with hammers, and forging it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry and his strength fails, he drinks no water and is faint. 13 The carpenter stretches a line, marks it out with a stylus, fashions it with planes, and marks it with a compass; he makes it in human form, with human beauty, to be set up in a shrine. 14 He cuts down cedars or chooses a holm tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it. 15 Then it can be used as fuel. Part of it he takes and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it, makes it a carved image and bows down before it. 16 Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he roasts meat, eats it and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, "Ah, I am warm, I can feel the fire!" 17 The rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, bows down to it and worships it; he prays to it and says, "Save me, for you are my god!" 18 They do not know, nor do they comprehend; for their eyes are shut, so that they cannot see, and their minds as well, so that they cannot understand.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
1 Kings 12:28, Jeremiah 10:5, Daniel 3:1, Daniel 3:14, Habakkuk 2:18, Acts 19:26, 1 Corinthians 8:4
Reciprocal: Exodus 32:4 - fashioned Deuteronomy 27:15 - maketh 1 Samuel 12:21 - cannot profit 2 Kings 17:16 - molten images 2 Chronicles 25:15 - which could Isaiah 37:19 - no gods Isaiah 40:19 - General Isaiah 41:24 - ye are Isaiah 44:15 - he maketh a god Jeremiah 16:19 - wherein Zechariah 11:17 - idol Acts 14:15 - from
Cross-References
Genesis 44:17
But he said, "Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the one in whose possession the cup was found shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."
But he said, "Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the one in whose possession the cup was found shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."
Genesis 44:24
When we went back to your servant my father we told him the words of my lord.
When we went back to your servant my father we told him the words of my lord.
Genesis 44:25
And when our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food,'
And when our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food,'
Genesis 44:33
Now therefore, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord in place of the boy; and let the boy go back with his brothers.
Now therefore, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord in place of the boy; and let the boy go back with his brothers.
Exodus 22:3
but if it happens after sunrise, bloodguilt is incurred. When someone causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets livestock loose to graze in someone else's field, restitution shall be made from the best in the owner's field or vineyard. When fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, the one who started the fire shall make full restitution. When someone delivers to a neighbor money or goods for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the neighbor's house, then the thief, if caught, shall pay double. If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house shall be brought before God, to determine whether or not the owner had laid hands on the neighbor's goods. In any case of disputed ownership involving ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any other loss, of which one party says, "This is mine," the case of both parties shall come before God; the one whom God condemns shall pay double to the other. When someone delivers to another a donkey, ox, sheep, or any other animal for safekeeping, and it dies or is injured or is carried off, without anyone seeing it, an oath before the Lord shall decide between the two of them that the one has not laid hands on the property of the other; the owner shall accept the oath, and no restitution shall be made. But if it was stolen, restitution shall be made to its owner. If it was mangled by beasts, let it be brought as evidence; restitution shall not be made for the mangled remains. When someone borrows an animal from another and it is injured or dies, the owner not being present, full restitution shall be made. If the owner was present, there shall be no restitution; if it was hired, only the hiring fee is due. When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married, and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. But if her father refuses to give her to him, he shall pay an amount equal to the bride-price for virgins. You shall not permit a female sorcerer to live. Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death. Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone, shall be devoted to destruction. You shall not wrong or oppress a resident alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. You shall not abuse any widow or orphan. If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry; my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans. If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them. If you take your neighbor's cloak in pawn, you shall restore it before the sun goes down; for it may be your neighbor's only clothing to use as cover; in what else shall that person sleep? And if your neighbor cries out to me, I will listen, for I am compassionate. You shall not revile God, or curse a leader of your people. You shall not delay to make offerings from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me. You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall remain with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me. You shall be people consecrated to me; therefore you shall not eat any meat that is mangled by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
but if it happens after sunrise, bloodguilt is incurred. When someone causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets livestock loose to graze in someone else's field, restitution shall be made from the best in the owner's field or vineyard. When fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, the one who started the fire shall make full restitution. When someone delivers to a neighbor money or goods for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the neighbor's house, then the thief, if caught, shall pay double. If the thief is not caught, the owner of the house shall be brought before God, to determine whether or not the owner had laid hands on the neighbor's goods. In any case of disputed ownership involving ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any other loss, of which one party says, "This is mine," the case of both parties shall come before God; the one whom God condemns shall pay double to the other. When someone delivers to another a donkey, ox, sheep, or any other animal for safekeeping, and it dies or is injured or is carried off, without anyone seeing it, an oath before the Lord shall decide between the two of them that the one has not laid hands on the property of the other; the owner shall accept the oath, and no restitution shall be made. But if it was stolen, restitution shall be made to its owner. If it was mangled by beasts, let it be brought as evidence; restitution shall not be made for the mangled remains. When someone borrows an animal from another and it is injured or dies, the owner not being present, full restitution shall be made. If the owner was present, there shall be no restitution; if it was hired, only the hiring fee is due. When a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to be married, and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. But if her father refuses to give her to him, he shall pay an amount equal to the bride-price for virgins. You shall not permit a female sorcerer to live. Whoever lies with an animal shall be put to death. Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone, shall be devoted to destruction. You shall not wrong or oppress a resident alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. You shall not abuse any widow or orphan. If you do abuse them, when they cry out to me, I will surely heed their cry; my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children orphans. If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you shall not deal with them as a creditor; you shall not exact interest from them. If you take your neighbor's cloak in pawn, you shall restore it before the sun goes down; for it may be your neighbor's only clothing to use as cover; in what else shall that person sleep? And if your neighbor cries out to me, I will listen, for I am compassionate. You shall not revile God, or curse a leader of your people. You shall not delay to make offerings from the fullness of your harvest and from the outflow of your presses. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to me. You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep: seven days it shall remain with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to me. You shall be people consecrated to me; therefore you shall not eat any meat that is mangled by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Who hath formed a god,.... Who ever made one? was such a thing ever known? or can that be a god which is made or formed? who so mad, foolish and sottish, as to imagine he has made a god? or is it possible for a creature to be the maker of a god? or any so stupid as to fancy he had made one? yet such there were, so void of understanding and reason, and even common sense: "or molten a graven image": first melted it, and cast it into a mould, and then graved and polished it, and called it a god?
that is profitable for nothing? or seeing it "is profitable for nothing", as a god; cannot see the persons, nor hear the prayers, nor relieve the distresses of those that worship it; and therefore it must be great folly indeed to make an image for such a purpose, which answers no end.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Who hath formed a god - The Septuagint reads this verse in connection with the close of the previous verse, ‘But they shall be ashamed who make a god, and all who sculpture unprofitable things.’ This interpretation also, Lowth, by a change in the Hebrew text on the authority of a manuscript in the Bodleian library, has adopted. This change is made by reading כי kı̂y instead of מי mı̂y in the beginning of the verse. But the authority of the change, being that of a single MS. and the Septuagint, is not sufficient. Nor is it necessary. The question is designed to be ironical and sarcastic: ‘Who is there,’ says the prophet, ‘that has done this? Who are they that are engaged in this stupid work? Do they give marks of a sound mind? What is, and must be the character of a man that bas formed a god, and that has made an unprofitable graven image?
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 44:10. Isaiah 44:9.
