Habakkuk 2:18

American Standard Version (1901)

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?

ASV Byzantine Text

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?

Asang Khongca Bible

Krang sah kami mah sakcop ih krang bokhaih loe timaw atho oh! Sakcop ih krang loe amsawnlok patukkung ah ni oh, tipongah krang sah kami mah lok apae thai ai krang to sak moe, a ban hoi sak ih krang to a tang loe?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Mueithuk he balae a hoeikhang? Te te a saek mueihlawn khaw a picai mai. Tedae amah kah benbonah a hlinsai te a pangtung dongah ni mueirhol olmueh saii hamla ni a khuiah a honghi a thuinuet.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Mueithuk he balae a hoeikhang? Te te a saek mueihlawn khaw a picai mai. Tedae amah kah benbonah a hlinsai te a pangtung dongah ni mueirhol olmueh saii hamla ni a khuiah a honghi a thuinuet.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Heaha ka pono o ke kii, i ka manawa i kalaiia oia e ka mea nana ia i hana? A o ke kii hooheheeia, a me ka mea ao i ka wahahee? A o ka mea nana i hana i kona kii, ua hilinai ia maluna ona, ma ka hana ana i akua lapuwale?

English 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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Kisa yon estati an bwa ka fè pou nou, pou nou fè moun travay fè li pou nou? Kisa yon estati fèt ak metal yo fonn ka fè pou nou? Se manti ase l'ap ban nou. Sa sa ap rapòte nou lè nou fè zidòl ki pa ka pale pou nou mete konfyans nou nan yo?

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Quid prodest sculptile, quia sculpsit illud fictor suus, conflatile, et imaginem falsam? quia speravit in figmento fictor ejus, ut faceret simulacra muta.

Bible in Basic English

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?

French: Bible J.N. Darby

De quel profit est l’image taillée, que l’ouvrier l’ait taillée ? [À quoi sert] l’image de fonte, enseignant le mensonge, pour que l’ouvrier se confie en sa propre œuvre pour faire des idoles muettes ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Co prospívá rytina, že ji vyryl řemeslník její? Slitina i učitel lži, že doufá učinitel v účinek svůj, dělaje modly němé?

Kosraean Bible

Mea, oasr sripen ma sruloala uh? Ma sruloala se ma na orekla ke poun mwet, ac wangin ma el ku in fahk. Mea wo el ac oru nu sin mwet ma oralla uh ku elos in lulalfongel — god na tia ku in kaskas se pa el.

World Portuguese Bible

“Que valor tem a imagem esculpida, para que o seu criador a tenha esculpido; a imagem de fundição, sim, o mestre de mentiras, para que aquele que molda a sua forma confie nela, para fazer ídolos mudos?

Romanian BTF Bible

La ce folosește chipul cioplit pe care făcătorul lui l-a cioplit; chipul turnat și învățătorul minciunilor? În care se încrede făcătorul lucrării lui, pentru a face idoli muți?

Brenton English Septuagint

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.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ရုပ်​တု​ဆင်း​တု​သည်​အ​ဘယ်​သို့​အ​သုံး​ဝင်​% ပါ​သ​နည်း။ ယင်း​သည်​လူ​တို့​သွန်း​လုပ်​သည့်​% အ​ရာ​မျှ​သာ​ဖြစ်​လျက် လိမ်​လည်​မှု​မှ​လွဲ​% ၍​မည်​သည့်​စ​ကား​ကို​မျှ​မ​ပြော​မ​ဆို​တတ်။ % မိ​မိ​သွန်း​လုပ်​သော​အ​ရာ​ကို​ပြန်​လည်​ယုံ​% ကြည်​ကိုး​စား​၍​အ​ဘယ်​အ​ကျိုး​ကို​ခံ​စား​% ရ​မည်​နည်း။ ယင်း​သည်​စ​ကား​မ​ပြော​နိုင်​% သည့်​ဘု​ရား​ဖြစ်​ပါ​သည်​တ​ကား၊-%

Darby Translation

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?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Was nützt ein geschnitztes Bild, daß sein Bildner es geschnitzt hat? Ein gegossenes Bild, und welches Lügen lehrt, daß der Bildner seines Bildes darauf vertraut, um stumme Götzen zu machen?

Dutch Bible 1917

Wat zal het gesneden beeld baten, dat zijn formeerder het gesneden heeft? of het gegoten beeld, hetwelk een leugenleraar is, dat de formeerder op zijn formeersel vertrouwt, als hij stomme afgoden gemaakt heeft?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Wat baat toch een gesneden beeld, Dat zijn maker het snijdt; Het gegoten beeld, die leugenmeester, Wat kan het leren? Ja, de werkman vertrouwt op zijn maaksel, Zodat hij stomme goden snijdt:

Italian Diodati Bible

Che giova la scultura , perchè il suo formatore la scolpisca? che giova la statua di getto, e il dottor di menzogna, perchè l'artefice si confidi nel suo lavoro, facendo degl'idoli mutoli?

Douay-Rheims 1899

What doth the graven thing avail, because the maker thereof hath graven it, a molten, and a false image? because the forger thereof hath trusted in a thing of his own forging, to make dumb idols.

Geneva Bible 1599

What profiteth the image? for the maker thereof hath made it an image, and a teacher of lies, though he that made it, trust therein, when he maketh dumme idoles.

Noyes Bible

What profiteth the graven image, When the maker hath graven it? Or the molten image, and the teacher of lies, That the artificer trusteth in his work, When he maketh dumb idols?

Danish Bible 1931

Hvad gavner det skårne Billed, at en Billedskærer skærer det ud, det støbte Billed, hvis Spådom er falsk, at en Billedskærer stoler derpå, så han laver stumme Guder?

Leeser Tanakh

What profiteth the graven image that its maker hath graven it? the molten image, and a teacher of falsehood? that the maker of his image trusteth therein, while making dumb idols?

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

King James Version

¶ 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?

King James Version + Apocrypha

¶ 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?

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Tượng chạm mà thợ đã chạm ra, có ích gì cho nó chăng? Tượng đúc, là thầy giả dối, thi có ích gì, mà người thợ làm thần tượng câm ấy lại tin cậy nơi việc mình làm ra?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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?

Revised West Version

¶ “Ko e hā hono ʻaonga ʻoe fakatātā kuo tā, koeʻuhi ke tā ia ʻe he tufunga ʻo ia; pe ko e fakatātā haka, mo e akonaki loi, koeʻuhi ʻoku falala ʻae tufunga ki heʻene ngāue, ke ne ngaohi ʻae ngaahi tamapua noa?

French Ostervald Bible

A quoi sert l'image taillée, pour que le sculpteur la taille? A quoi sert l'image de fonte, docteur de mensonge, pour que l'ouvrier qui l'a faite place en elle sa confiance, en fabriquant des idoles muettes?

Esperanto Bible

Kion helpos la skulptaĵo, kiun skulptis la artisto, la fanditaĵo kaj malvera instruanto, kvankam la majstro fidis sian propran faritaĵon, farante mutajn idolojn?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

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?

German Luther Bible 1912

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?

LXX2012 U. S. English

What profit 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.

British English Septuagint 2012

What profit 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.

Majority 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.

Webster Bible

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?

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

What use is an idol? A human made it, a metal image. It cannot speak, it cannot teach truth, Why does its maker trust it?

Open English Bible (US)

What use is an idol? A human made it, a metal image. It cannot speak, it cannot teach truth, Why does its maker trust it?

Revised Version

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

Italian Riveduta Bible

A che giova l’immagine scolpita perché l’artefice la scolpisca? A che giova l’immagine fusa che insegna la menzogna, perché l’artefice si confidi nel suo lavoro, fabbricando idoli muti?

French Free Holy Bible for the World

À quoi sert l'image sculptée par son artisan ? À quoi sert l'image de métal fondu, ce maître de mensonge ? Celui qui lui donne forme met sa confiance en elle, alors qu'il ne fabrique que des idoles muettes.

Reina Valera 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?

Spanish BLL

¿De qué sirve un ídolo, si solo es una escultura hecha por un hombre? ¿De qué sirve una imagen fundida que solo enseña mentiras? ¿Cómo puede el artista confiar en su propia obra, si solo ha fabricado ídolos mudos?

Spanish Free Bible for the World

¿De qué sirve la imagen tallada para que su artífice la haya esculpido, o la imagen de fundición que enseña mentiras, para que su hacedor confíe en ella fabricando ídolos mudos?

Croatian Bible

Čemu koristi tesan lik da ga umjetnik teše? Čemu lijevan lik, lažno proroštvo, da se tvorac njegov u nj pouzdaje oblikujuć' nijeme kipove?

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Šta pomaže rezan lik što ga izreza umetnik njegov? Šta liven lik i učitelj laži, te se umetnik uzda u delo svoje gradeći neme idole?

German Textbibel

Was hat je ein Schnitzbild genützt, daß sein Bildner es schnitzte? Was ein Gußbild und ein falscher Wahrsager, daß sein Bilner darauf vertraute, so daß er stumme Götter verfertigte?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

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.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

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

World English Bible

“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?

World English Bible (Catholic)

“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?

World English Bible British Edition

“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?

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

“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?

World English Bible Classic

“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?

World English Bible Updated

“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?

World Messianic Bible

“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?

World Messianic Bible British Edition

“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?

Young's Literal Translation

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?

SEPTUAGINTA

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

Brenton Septuagint

Τί ὠφελεῖ γλυπτὸν, ὅτι ἔγλυψαν αὐτό; ἔπλασεν αὐτὸ χώνευμα, φαντασίαν ψευδῆ, ὅτι πέποιθεν ὁ πλάσας ἐπὶ τὸ πλάσμα αὐτοῦ, τοῦ ποιῆσαι εἴδωλα κωφά.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Ла че ар путя фолоси ун кип чоплит, пе каре-л чоплеште лукрэторул? Ла че ар путя фолоси ун кип турнат, каре ынвацэ пе оамень минчунь, пентру ка лукрэторул каре л-а фэкут сэ-шь пунэ ынкредеря ын ел, пе кынд ел фэуреште нумай ниште идоль муць?

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Що за вжиток із того боввана, що його різьбарь витесав, — із того виливаного ложного вчителя, хоч різьбарь, вироблюючи нїмі ідоли, покладає надїю на свій виріб?

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Що за вжиток із того боввана, що його різьбарь витесав, — із того виливаного ложного вчителя, хоч різьбарь, вироблюючи нїмі ідоли, покладає надїю на свій виріб?

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Шта помаже резан лик што га изреза уметник његов? Шта ливен лик и учитељ лажи, те се уметник узда у дело своје градећи неме идоле?

Russian Synodal Bible

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

Hebrew Masoretic OT

מָֽה־הֹועִ֣יל פֶּ֗סֶל כִּ֤י פְסָלֹו֙ יֹֽצְרֹ֔ו מַסֵּכָ֖ה וּמֹ֣ורֶה שָּׁ֑קֶר כִּ֣י בָטַ֞ח יֹצֵ֤ר יִצְרֹו֙ עָלָ֔יו לַעֲשֹׂ֖ות אֱלִילִ֥ים אִלְּמִֽים׃ ס

Modern Hebrew Bible

מה הועיל פסל כי פסלו יצרו מסכה ומורה שקר כי בטח יצר יצרו עליו לעשות אלילים אלמים׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

«مَاذَا نَفَعَ ٱلتِّمْثَالُ ٱلْمَنْحُوتُ حَتَّى نَحَتَهُ صَانِعُهُ؟ أَوِ ٱلْمَسْبُوكُ وَمُعَلِّمُ ٱلْكَذِبِ حَتَّى إِنَّ ٱلصَّانِعَ صَنْعَةً يَتَّكِلُ عَلَيْهَا، فَيَصْنَعُ أَوْثَانًا بُكْمًا؟

Old Persion Version Bible

از بت تراشیده چه فایده است که سازنده آن، آن را بتراشد یا از بت ریخته شده و معلم دروغ، که سازنده آن بر صنعت خودتوکل بنماید و بتهای گنگ را بسازد.

Judson Burmese Bible

ထုလုပ်သော ရုပ်တု သည် အဘယ် အကျိုး ကိုပေး ၍၊ လက်သမားသည် ထုလုပ် ရသနည်း။ သွန်းသော ရုပ်တု နှင့်မိစ္ဆာ ဆရာသည် အဘယ်အကျိုးကိုပေး ၍၊ လုပ် သောသူသည် မိမိ အလုပ် ကို မှီခို လျက်၊ စကားအ သော ရုပ်တု တို့ကို လုပ် ရသနည်း။

Korean Bible 1910

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

Japanese Freedom Bible

刻んだ像に何の価値があるのか。造り手がそれを刻んでも、何になるのか。鋳造された像、偽りを教えるものに何の価値があるのか。形造った者が、自分の造った口のきけない偶像に信頼している。

World Chinese Bible

“雕刻的偶像有什么价值呢？它不过是制造它的人雕刻出来的；铸造的偶像，就是谎言的教师，又有什么价值呢？塑造它形状的人竟倚靠它，制造哑巴偶像！

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

雕刻的偶像，人将它刻出来， 有什么益处呢？ 铸造的偶像就是虚谎的师傅。 制造者倚靠这哑巴偶像有什么益处呢？

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

雕刻的偶像，人將它刻出來， 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？

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Que proveito há na imagem de escultura, que seu formador a esculpiu? E na imagem de fundição, que ensina mentiras? Quem a formou nela confia, tendo feito ídolos mudos.

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Mashi Bible

«Kamalo kaci okubinja ensalamu kujira? Binabà bintu bya cûma bya kurhebana kwône. Cankarhuma omuntu acîkubagira abo banyamuzinda barhankahash’iderha na yênene wabatulaga?

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Was nützt ein gemeißeltes Bild, daß der Bildhauer es geschaffen hat, ein gegossenes Bild und ein Lügenlehrer dazu? Denn der es gemacht hat, vertraut auf sein eigenes Machwerk, so daß er stumme Götzen verfertigt.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

¿De qué sirve la escultura que esculpió el que la hizo? y en cuanto a la imagen de metal, que enseña mentira, ¿por qué su creador pone su fe en ella, haciendo dioses falsos sin voz?

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

¿De qué sirve la escultura que talla el artífice, si es una imagen, un maestro de mentiras? ¿De qué sirve al artífice confiar en su obra, cuando hace ídolos mudos?

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

What profiteth the pesel (graven image) that the maker thereof hath shaped it; the molten image, and moreh sheker, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb elilim (idols)?

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