You must not make any gods of molten metal for yourselves.

“不可为自己铸造神像。

“不可为自己铸造神像。

“不可为自己铸造神像。

“不可为自己铸造神像。

你不可为自己铸造神像。

「不可為自己鑄造神像。

「不可為自己鑄造神像。

「不可為自己鑄造神像。

「不可為自己鑄造神像。

你不可為自己鑄造神像。

『不可為自己造鑄像的神。

勿鑄神像、

毋鑄上帝像。

爾毋為己鑄神像、

“ Do not make any idols.

“ Do not make any statues of gods.

“ You shall not make for yourself any gods of cast metal.

“ Do not make cast images of gods for yourselves.

You shall not make for yourself any gods cast in metal.

“ You shall make no molded gods for yourselves.

Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

“ Do not make cast images of gods for yourselves.

Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

You must not make yourselves molten gods.

“ You shall make no cast idols for yourselves.

“ Do not put your trust in idols or make metal images of gods for yourselves. I am the Lord your God.

How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live! They have melted down gold and made a calf, and they have bowed down and sacrificed to it. They are saying,‘ These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

Some people pour out their silver and gold and hire a craftsman to make a god from it. Then they bow down and worship it!They carry it around on their shoulders, and when they set it down, it stays there. It can’t even move! And when someone prays to it, there is no answer. It can’t rescue anyone from trouble.

And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.

The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge! The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make, for their carefully shaped works are a fraud. These idols have no breath or power.

But as you have seen and heard, this man Paul has persuaded many people that handmade gods aren’t really gods at all. And he’s done this not only here in Ephesus but throughout the entire province!