Isaiah 44:10 “Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?”

Isaiah 44:10

Who fashions a god or casts an idol which profits him nothing?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

World English Bible

Who has fashioned a god, or molds an image that is profitable for nothing?

American Standard Version

Who hath fashioned a god, or molten an image that is profitable for nothing?

Geneva Bible 1599

Who hath made a god, or molten an image, that is profitable for nothing?

Darby Translation

Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?

Young's Literal Translation

Who hath formed a god, And a molten image poured out — not profitable?

Bible in Basic English

Whoever makes a god, makes nothing but a metal image in which there is no profit.

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Cross references

“Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?”

Jeremiah 10:5 Habakkuk 2:18 Acts 19:26 1 Kings 12:28 Daniel 3:1 Daniel 3:14

Jeremiah 10:5 · BSB

Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”

Habakkuk 2:18 · BSB

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.

Acts 19:26 · BSB

And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

1 Kings 12:28 · BSB

After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”

Daniel 3:1 · BSB

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.

Daniel 3:14 · BSB

and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden statue I have set up?

Also

Isaiah 41:29

Isaiah 41:29 · BSB

See, they are all a delusion; their works amount to nothing; their images are as empty as the wind.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9All makers of idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Their witnesses fail to see or comprehend, so they are put to shame.

11Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are only human. Let them all assemble and take their stand; they will all be brought to terror and shame.

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