Jeremiah 16:20 “Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!””

Jeremiah 16:20

Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?

World English Bible

Should a man make to himself gods which yet are no gods?”

American Standard Version

Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?

Geneva Bible 1599

Shall a man make gods vnto himselfe, and they are no gods?

Darby Translation

Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no-gods?

Young's Literal Translation

Doth man make for himself gods, And they — no gods?

Bible in Basic English

Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods?

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Cross references

“Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?”

Psalm 115:4–8 Isaiah 37:19 Galatians 4:8 Psalm 135:14–18 Isaiah 36:19 Hosea 8:4–6

Psalm 115:4–8 · BSB

Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

Isaiah 37:19 · BSB

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.

Galatians 4:8 · BSB

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

Psalm 135:14–18 · BSB

For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.

Isaiah 36:19 · BSB

Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

Hosea 8:4–6 · BSB

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.

Also

Jeremiah 2:11

Jeremiah 2:11 · BSB

Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.

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

In context

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.

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.

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