Acts 17:29 Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.

17:29 ESV

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English Standard Version - Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
新标点和合本 - 我们既是　神所生的，就不当以为　神的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 既然我们是上帝所生的，就不应该以为上帝的神性像人用手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像一般。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 既然我们是　神所生的，就不应该以为　神的神性像人用手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像一般。
当代译本 - 我们既然是上帝的子孙，就不该认为上帝是人凭手艺和想象用金、银、石头所雕刻的样子。
圣经新译本 - 我们既然是　神的子孙，就不应该以为他的神性是好像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金银石头一样。
中文标准译本 - 所以我们既然是神的后裔，就不应该认为神性是仿佛用人的手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像。
现代标点和合本 - 我们既是神所生的，就不当以为神的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。
和合本（拼音版） - 我们既是上帝所生的，就不当以为上帝的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。
New International Version - “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.
New International Reader's Version - “Yes, we are God’s children. So we shouldn’t think that God is made out of gold or silver or stone. He isn’t a statue planned and made by clever people.
New Living Translation - And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.
Christian Standard Bible - Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.
New American Standard Bible - Therefore, since we are the descendants of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.
New King James Version - Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising.
Amplified Bible - So then, being God’s children, we should not think that the Divine Nature (deity) is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination or skill of man.
American Standard Version - Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
King James Version - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
New English Translation - So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.
World English Bible - Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
新標點和合本 - 我們既是神所生的，就不當以為神的神性像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金、銀、石。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 既然我們是上帝所生的，就不應該以為上帝的神性像人用手藝和心思所雕刻的金、銀、石像一般。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 既然我們是　神所生的，就不應該以為　神的神性像人用手藝和心思所雕刻的金、銀、石像一般。
當代譯本 - 我們既然是上帝的子孫，就不該認為上帝是人憑手藝和想象用金、銀、石頭所雕刻的樣子。
聖經新譯本 - 我們既然是　神的子孫，就不應該以為他的神性是好像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金銀石頭一樣。
呂振中譯本 - 那麼我們既是上帝的族類，就不該以神性為彷彿金銀或石頭、人的手藝和心思所雕刻的。
中文標準譯本 - 所以我們既然是神的後裔，就不應該認為神性是彷彿用人的手藝和心思所雕刻的金、銀、石像。
現代標點和合本 - 我們既是神所生的，就不當以為神的神性像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金、銀、石。
文理和合譯本 - 既為上帝裔、則不當意其性質如金銀石、為人工機巧雕琢者、
文理委辦譯本 - 既為上帝亦子、則上帝之體、不可以若金、若銀、若石、人工機巧琢之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 既為天主所生、則不當思天主之體、似金似銀似石、為人工機巧所製、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 夫吾人既為天主之裔、則不當妄度天主之神性、有類乎人工技巧所琢之金銀玉石。
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Por tanto, siendo descendientes de Dios, no debemos pensar que la divinidad sea como el oro, la plata o la piedra: escultura hecha como resultado del ingenio y de la destreza del ser humano.
현대인의 성경 - 이와 같이 우리가 하나님의 자녀가 되었으니 신을 사람의 생각과 기술로 금이나 은이나 돌에 새긴 형상 따위로 여겨서는 안 됩니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И раз мы род Бога, то мы не должны представлять Божество в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
Восточный перевод - И раз мы род Всевышнего, то мы не должны представлять Его в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И раз мы род Аллаха, то мы не должны представлять Его в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И раз мы род Всевышнего, то мы не должны представлять Его в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ainsi, puisque nous sommes ses enfants, nous ne devons pas imaginer la moindre ressemblance entre la divinité et ces idoles en or, en argent ou en marbre que peuvent produire l’art ou l’imagination des hommes.
リビングバイブル - もしこのとおりなら、神を、金や銀、あるいは石のかけらなどで人間が造った偶像のようなものと考えるべきではありません。
Nestle Aland 28 - γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῷ ἢ ἀργύρῳ ἢ λίθῳ, χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ Θεοῦ, οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῷ, ἢ ἀργύρῳ, ἢ λίθῳ χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον.
Nova Versão Internacional - “Assim, visto que somos descendência de Deus, não devemos pensar que a Divindade é semelhante a uma escultura de ouro, prata ou pedra, feita pela arte e imaginação do homem.
Hoffnung für alle - Weil wir nun von Gott abstammen, ist es doch unsinnig zu glauben, dass wir Gott in Statuen aus Gold, Silber oder behauenen Steinen darstellen könnten. Diese sind doch nur Gebilde unserer Kunst und unserer Vorstellungen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đã là dòng dõi của Đức Chúa Trời, chúng ta đừng lầm tưởng Đức Chúa Trời giống như vàng, bạc, hoặc đá, được chạm trổ do nghệ thuật và sáng kiến của loài người.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ฉะนั้นในเมื่อเราเป็นเชื้อสายของพระเจ้าเราก็ไม่ควรคิดว่าพระเจ้าทรงเป็นเหมือนทอง เงิน หรือหิน คือเป็นประติมากรรมที่สร้างขึ้นโดยการออกแบบและฝีมือของมนุษย์
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ในเมื่อพวกเราเป็นเชื้อสายของพระเจ้า ก็ไม่ควรคิดว่าพระเจ้าเป็นเหมือนทอง เงิน หรือหินที่เป็นรูปเคารพ ซึ่งสร้างขึ้นด้วยการออกแบบและความชำนาญของมนุษย์

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Exodus 32:4 - And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
Psalms 106:20 - They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
Psalms 94:7 - and they say, “The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.”
Psalms 94:8 - Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?
Psalms 94:9 - He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
Romans 1:20 - For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:21 - For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Romans 1:22 - Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 1:23 - and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
Isaiah 44:9 - All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.
Isaiah 44:10 - Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?
Isaiah 44:11 - Behold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together.
Isaiah 44:12 - The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.
Isaiah 44:13 - The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.
Isaiah 44:14 - He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it.
Isaiah 44:15 - Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it.
Isaiah 44:16 - Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!”
Isaiah 44:17 - And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
Isaiah 44:18 - They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
Isaiah 44:19 - No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
Isaiah 44:20 - He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Isaiah 40:12 - Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?
Isaiah 40:13 - Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel?
Isaiah 40:14 - Whom did he consult, and who made him understand? Who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
Isaiah 40:15 - Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.
Isaiah 40:16 - Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
Isaiah 40:17 - All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
Isaiah 40:18 - To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him?
Isaiah 40:19 - An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains.
Isaiah 40:20 - He who is too impoverished for an offering chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an idol that will not move.
Jeremiah 10:4 - They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move.
Jeremiah 10:5 - Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”
Jeremiah 10:6 - There is none like you, O Lord; you are great, and your name is great in might.
Jeremiah 10:7 - Who would not fear you, O King of the nations? For this is your due; for among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like you.
Jeremiah 10:8 - They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!
Jeremiah 10:9 - Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is violet and purple; they are all the work of skilled men.
Jeremiah 10:10 - But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
Isaiah 46:5 - “To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
Isaiah 46:6 - Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; then they fall down and worship!
Habakkuk 2:19 - Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake; to a silent stone, Arise! Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.
Habakkuk 2:20 - But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.”
Exodus 20:4 - “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Psalms 115:4 - Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
Psalms 115:5 - They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.
Psalms 115:6 - They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.
Psalms 115:7 - They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat.
Psalms 115:8 - Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.
Isaiah 40:25 - To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.

逐节对照

交叉引用

English Standard Version - Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
新标点和合本 - 我们既是　神所生的，就不当以为　神的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 既然我们是上帝所生的，就不应该以为上帝的神性像人用手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像一般。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 既然我们是　神所生的，就不应该以为　神的神性像人用手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像一般。
当代译本 - 我们既然是上帝的子孙，就不该认为上帝是人凭手艺和想象用金、银、石头所雕刻的样子。
圣经新译本 - 我们既然是　神的子孙，就不应该以为他的神性是好像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金银石头一样。
中文标准译本 - 所以我们既然是神的后裔，就不应该认为神性是仿佛用人的手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像。
现代标点和合本 - 我们既是神所生的，就不当以为神的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。
和合本（拼音版） - 我们既是上帝所生的，就不当以为上帝的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。
New International Version - “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.
New International Reader's Version - “Yes, we are God’s children. So we shouldn’t think that God is made out of gold or silver or stone. He isn’t a statue planned and made by clever people.
New Living Translation - And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.
Christian Standard Bible - Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.
New American Standard Bible - Therefore, since we are the descendants of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.
New King James Version - Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising.
Amplified Bible - So then, being God’s children, we should not think that the Divine Nature (deity) is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination or skill of man.
American Standard Version - Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
King James Version - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
New English Translation - So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.
World English Bible - Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
新標點和合本 - 我們既是神所生的，就不當以為神的神性像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金、銀、石。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 既然我們是上帝所生的，就不應該以為上帝的神性像人用手藝和心思所雕刻的金、銀、石像一般。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 既然我們是　神所生的，就不應該以為　神的神性像人用手藝和心思所雕刻的金、銀、石像一般。
當代譯本 - 我們既然是上帝的子孫，就不該認為上帝是人憑手藝和想象用金、銀、石頭所雕刻的樣子。
聖經新譯本 - 我們既然是　神的子孫，就不應該以為他的神性是好像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金銀石頭一樣。
呂振中譯本 - 那麼我們既是上帝的族類，就不該以神性為彷彿金銀或石頭、人的手藝和心思所雕刻的。
中文標準譯本 - 所以我們既然是神的後裔，就不應該認為神性是彷彿用人的手藝和心思所雕刻的金、銀、石像。
現代標點和合本 - 我們既是神所生的，就不當以為神的神性像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金、銀、石。
文理和合譯本 - 既為上帝裔、則不當意其性質如金銀石、為人工機巧雕琢者、
文理委辦譯本 - 既為上帝亦子、則上帝之體、不可以若金、若銀、若石、人工機巧琢之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 既為天主所生、則不當思天主之體、似金似銀似石、為人工機巧所製、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 夫吾人既為天主之裔、則不當妄度天主之神性、有類乎人工技巧所琢之金銀玉石。
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Por tanto, siendo descendientes de Dios, no debemos pensar que la divinidad sea como el oro, la plata o la piedra: escultura hecha como resultado del ingenio y de la destreza del ser humano.
현대인의 성경 - 이와 같이 우리가 하나님의 자녀가 되었으니 신을 사람의 생각과 기술로 금이나 은이나 돌에 새긴 형상 따위로 여겨서는 안 됩니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И раз мы род Бога, то мы не должны представлять Божество в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
Восточный перевод - И раз мы род Всевышнего, то мы не должны представлять Его в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И раз мы род Аллаха, то мы не должны представлять Его в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И раз мы род Всевышнего, то мы не должны представлять Его в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ainsi, puisque nous sommes ses enfants, nous ne devons pas imaginer la moindre ressemblance entre la divinité et ces idoles en or, en argent ou en marbre que peuvent produire l’art ou l’imagination des hommes.
リビングバイブル - もしこのとおりなら、神を、金や銀、あるいは石のかけらなどで人間が造った偶像のようなものと考えるべきではありません。
Nestle Aland 28 - γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῷ ἢ ἀργύρῳ ἢ λίθῳ, χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ Θεοῦ, οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῷ, ἢ ἀργύρῳ, ἢ λίθῳ χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον.
Nova Versão Internacional - “Assim, visto que somos descendência de Deus, não devemos pensar que a Divindade é semelhante a uma escultura de ouro, prata ou pedra, feita pela arte e imaginação do homem.
Hoffnung für alle - Weil wir nun von Gott abstammen, ist es doch unsinnig zu glauben, dass wir Gott in Statuen aus Gold, Silber oder behauenen Steinen darstellen könnten. Diese sind doch nur Gebilde unserer Kunst und unserer Vorstellungen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đã là dòng dõi của Đức Chúa Trời, chúng ta đừng lầm tưởng Đức Chúa Trời giống như vàng, bạc, hoặc đá, được chạm trổ do nghệ thuật và sáng kiến của loài người.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ฉะนั้นในเมื่อเราเป็นเชื้อสายของพระเจ้าเราก็ไม่ควรคิดว่าพระเจ้าทรงเป็นเหมือนทอง เงิน หรือหิน คือเป็นประติมากรรมที่สร้างขึ้นโดยการออกแบบและฝีมือของมนุษย์
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ในเมื่อพวกเราเป็นเชื้อสายของพระเจ้า ก็ไม่ควรคิดว่าพระเจ้าเป็นเหมือนทอง เงิน หรือหินที่เป็นรูปเคารพ ซึ่งสร้างขึ้นด้วยการออกแบบและความชำนาญของมนุษย์

Exodus 32:4 - And he received the gold from their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made a golden calf. And they said, “These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”
Psalms 106:20 - They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.
Psalms 94:7 - and they say, “The Lord does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.”
Psalms 94:8 - Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?
Psalms 94:9 - He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does he not see?
Romans 1:20 - For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:21 - For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Romans 1:22 - Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Romans 1:23 - and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
Isaiah 44:9 - All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.
Isaiah 44:10 - Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?
Isaiah 44:11 - Behold, all his companions shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen are only human. Let them all assemble, let them stand forth. They shall be terrified; they shall be put to shame together.
Isaiah 44:12 - The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.
Isaiah 44:13 - The carpenter stretches a line; he marks it out with a pencil. He shapes it with planes and marks it with a compass. He shapes it into the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, to dwell in a house.
Isaiah 44:14 - He cuts down cedars, or he chooses a cypress tree or an oak and lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a cedar and the rain nourishes it.
Isaiah 44:15 - Then it becomes fuel for a man. He takes a part of it and warms himself; he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Also he makes a god and worships it; he makes it an idol and falls down before it.
Isaiah 44:16 - Half of it he burns in the fire. Over the half he eats meat; he roasts it and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, “Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire!”
Isaiah 44:17 - And the rest of it he makes into a god, his idol, and falls down to it and worships it. He prays to it and says, “Deliver me, for you are my god!”
Isaiah 44:18 - They know not, nor do they discern, for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their hearts, so that they cannot understand.
Isaiah 44:19 - No one considers, nor is there knowledge or discernment to say, “Half of it I burned in the fire; I also baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and have eaten. And shall I make the rest of it an abomination? Shall I fall down before a block of wood?”
Isaiah 44:20 - He feeds on ashes; a deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
Isaiah 40:12 - Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?
Isaiah 40:13 - Who has measured the Spirit of the Lord, or what man shows him his counsel?
Isaiah 40:14 - Whom did he consult, and who made him understand? Who taught him the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed him the way of understanding?
Isaiah 40:15 - Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, and are accounted as the dust on the scales; behold, he takes up the coastlands like fine dust.
Isaiah 40:16 - Lebanon would not suffice for fuel, nor are its beasts enough for a burnt offering.
Isaiah 40:17 - All the nations are as nothing before him, they are accounted by him as less than nothing and emptiness.
Isaiah 40:18 - To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him?
Isaiah 40:19 - An idol! A craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts for it silver chains.
Isaiah 40:20 - He who is too impoverished for an offering chooses wood that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to set up an idol that will not move.
Jeremiah 10:4 - They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move.
Jeremiah 10:5 - Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.”
Jeremiah 10:6 - There is none like you, O Lord; you are great, and your name is great in might.
Jeremiah 10:7 - Who would not fear you, O King of the nations? For this is your due; for among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like you.
Jeremiah 10:8 - They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood!
Jeremiah 10:9 - Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is violet and purple; they are all the work of skilled men.
Jeremiah 10:10 - But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
Isaiah 46:5 - “To whom will you liken me and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be alike?
Isaiah 46:6 - Those who lavish gold from the purse, and weigh out silver in the scales, hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; then they fall down and worship!
Habakkuk 2:19 - Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake; to a silent stone, Arise! Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.
Habakkuk 2:20 - But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.”
Exodus 20:4 - “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Psalms 115:4 - Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
Psalms 115:5 - They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.
Psalms 115:6 - They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.
Psalms 115:7 - They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat.
Psalms 115:8 - Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.
Isaiah 40:25 - To whom then will you compare me, that I should be like him? says the Holy One.