Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Do people make their own gods? Yes, but they are not gods!” New Living Translation Can people make their own gods? These are not real gods at all!” English Standard Version Can man make for himself gods? Such are not gods!” Berean Standard Bible Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!” King James Bible Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? New King James Version Will a man make gods for himself, Which are not gods? New American Standard Bible Can a person make gods for himself? But they are not gods! NASB 1995 Can man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods! NASB 1977 Can man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods! Legacy Standard Bible Can man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods! Amplified Bible “Can a man make gods for himself? Such [things] are not gods! Christian Standard Bible Can one make gods for himself? But they are not gods. Holman Christian Standard Bible Can one make gods for himself? But they are not gods. American Standard Version Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Behold, the children of men made gods for themselves, and those are not gods Brenton Septuagint Translation Will a man make gods for himself, whereas these are no gods? Contemporary English Version worthless idols made by human hands." Douay-Rheims Bible Shall a man make gods unto himself, and there are no gods? English Revised Version Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods? GOD'S WORD® Translation "People can't make gods for themselves. They aren't really gods. Good News Translation Can people make their own gods? No, if they did, those would not really be gods." International Standard Version Can a person make a god for himself? They are not gods! JPS Tanakh 1917 Shall a man make unto himself gods, And they are no gods? Literal Standard Version Does man make gods for himself, | And they—no gods? Majority Standard Bible Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!” New American Bible Can human beings make for themselves gods? But these are not gods at all! NET Bible Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all." New Revised Standard Version Can mortals make for themselves gods? Such are no gods! New Heart English Bible Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?'" Webster's Bible Translation Shall a man make gods to himself, and they are no gods? World English Bible Should a man make to himself gods which yet are no gods?” Young's Literal Translation Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God will Restore Israel…19O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing but lies, worthless idols of no benefit at all. 20Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!” 21“Therefore behold, I will inform them, and this time I will make them know My power and My might; then they will know that My name is the LORD.… Cross References Galatians 4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. Psalm 115:4 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. Isaiah 37:19 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone--the work of human hands. Jeremiah 2:11 Has a nation ever changed its gods, though they are no gods at all? Yet My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols. Jeremiah 5:7 "Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. Daniel 3:1 King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. Hosea 8:4 They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction. Treasury of Scripture Shall a man make gods to himself, and they are no gods? Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands… Psalm 135:14-18 For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants… Isaiah 36:19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? Jump to Previous Gods No-GodsJump to Next Gods No-GodsJeremiah 16 1. The prophet, under the types of abstaining from marriage, 8. from houses of mourning and feasting, foreshows the utter ruin of the Jews; 10. because they were worse than their fathers. 14. Their return from captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of Egypt. 16. God will doubly recompense their idolatry. Verse 20. - But the Jews of this generation, in spite of the manifold proofs of the true religion which have been vouchsafed to them, are deserting the real divinity for the unreal. In a tone of surprise the prophet exclaims, Shall a man make gods unto himself, etc.? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Can manאָדָ֖ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being make הֲיַעֲשֶׂה־ (hă·ya·‘ă·śeh-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make gods for himself? אֱלֹהִ֑ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Such וְהֵ֖מָּה (wə·hêm·māh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They are not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no gods! אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Jeremiah 16:20 NIVJeremiah 16:20 NLT Jeremiah 16:20 ESV Jeremiah 16:20 NASB Jeremiah 16:20 KJV Jeremiah 16:20 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 16:20 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 16:20 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 16:20 French Bible Jeremiah 16:20 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 16:20 Shall a man make to himself gods (Jer.) |