Habakkuk 2:1 (BBE)

Habakkuk 2:18 - 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?

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Translations for Habakkuk 2:18

KJVKJV (read chapter in 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?

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

“What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it,
The molded image, a teacher of lies,
That the maker of its mold should trust in it,
To make mute idols?

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

“What good is an idol carved by man,
or a cast image that deceives you?
How foolish to trust in your own creation—
a god that can’t even talk!

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

“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.

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

“What profit is an idol
when its maker has shaped it,
a metal image, a teacher of lies?
For its maker trusts in his own creation
when he makes speechless idols!

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

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 worthless idols that cannot speak.

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

“What^H4100 benefit^H3276 is a carved^H6459 image^H6459 when^H3588 its maker^H3335 has carved^H6458 it,

Or a cast^H4541 metal^H4541 image^H4541, a teacher^H3384 of falsehood^H8267?

For its maker^H3335 trusts^H982 in his own handiwork^H3336

When he fashions^H6213 speechless^H483 idols^H457.

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

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

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

“What^H4100 profit^H3276 is the graven^H6459 image^H6459 when^H3588 its maker^H3335 has engraved^H6458 it,

Or a molten^H4541 image^H4541, a teacher^H3384 of [fn]lies^H8267?

For its maker^H3335 trusts^H982 in his own making^H3336

When he fashions^H6213 speechless^H483 idols^H457.

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?

It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.

For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]

When he makes speechless idols.

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For the workman trusts in his own creation when he makes dumb idols!

ASVASV (read chapter in 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?

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

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?

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols?

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

What profiteth the graven image that its maker hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

"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?

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

quid prodest sculptile quia sculpsit illud fictor suus conflatile et imaginem falsam quia speravit in figmento fictor eius ut faceret simulacra muta

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

أَيُّ جَدْوَى مِنْ تِمْثَالٍ حَتَّى يَصُوغَهُ صَانِعٌ، أَوْ صَنَمٍ يُعَلِّمُ الْكَذِبَ لأَنَّ مَنْ يَصْنَعُهُ يَتَّكِلُ عَلَى مَا صَنَعَهُ، وَهُوَ لَمْ يَصْنَعْ سِوَى أَصْنَامٍ بَكْمَاءَ.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

מָֽה־הוֹעִ֣יל פֶּ֗סֶל כִּ֤י פְסָלוֹ֙ יֹֽצְר֔וֹ מַסֵּכָ֖ה וּמ֣וֹרֶה שָּׁ֑קֶר כִּ֣י בָטַ֞ח יֹצֵ֤ר יִצְרוֹ֙ עָלָ֔יו לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת אֱלִילִ֥ים אִלְּמִֽים׃ ס

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

τί ὠφελεῖ γλυπτόν ὅτι ἔγλυψαν αὐτό ἔπλασαν αὐτὸ χώνευμα φαντασίαν ψευδῆ ὅτι πέποιθεν ὁ πλάσας ἐπὶ τὸ πλάσμα αὐτοῦ τοῦ ποιῆσαι εἴδωλα κωφά

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

«مَاذَا نَفَعَ التِّمْثَالُ الْمَنْحُوتُ حَتَّى نَحَتَهُ صَانِعُهُ؟ أَوِ الْمَسْبُوكُ وَمُعَلِّمُ الْكَذِبِ حَتَّى إِنَّ الصَّانِعَ صَنْعَةً يَتَّكِلُ عَلَيْهَا، فَيَصْنَعُ أَوْثَانًا بُكْمًا؟

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

What profits it the graven image, that they have graven it? one has made it a molten work, a false image; for the maker has trusted in his work, to make dumb idols.

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

¿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?

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

¿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?

BBEBBE (read chapter in 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?

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

雕刻的偶像、人將他刻出來、有甚麼益處呢．鑄造的偶像、就是虛謊的師傅．製造者倚靠這啞巴偶像、有甚麼益處呢．

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

¿De qué sirve la escultura que talla el escultor? ¿De qué sirve la imagen de fundición, si es maestra de engaño para que el escultor confíe en su obra, haciendo ídolos mudos?

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

새긴 우상은 그 새겨 만든 자에게 무엇이 유익하겠느냐 부어 만든 우상은 거짓 스승이라 만든 자가 이 말하지 못하는 우상을 의지하니 무엇이 유익하겠느냐

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

A quoi sert une image taillée, pour qu'un ouvrier la taille? A quoi sert une image en fonte et qui enseigne le mensonge, Pour que l'ouvrier qui l'a faite place en elle sa confiance, Tandis qu'il fabrique des idoles muettes?

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Was wird dann helfen das Bild, das sein Meister gebildet hat, und das falsche gegossene Bild, darauf sich verläßt sein Meister, daß er stumme Götzen machte?

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Что за польза от истукана, сделанного художником, этого литаго лжеучителя, хотя ваятель, делая немые кумиры, полагается на свое произведение?

SESE (read chapter in SE)

¿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?

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