Who but a fool would make his own god— an idol that cannot help him one bit?

谁制造神像，铸造无益的偶像？

谁制造神像，铸造偶像？这些都是无益的。

谁制造神像，铸造偶像？这些都是无益的。

制造神像、雕刻无益偶像的是谁？

谁制造神像，或铸造偶像，不想得到益处呢？

谁塑造了神像、铸造了毫无益处的偶像呢？

誰製造神像，鑄造無益的偶像？

誰製造神像，鑄造偶像？這些都是無益的。

誰製造神像，鑄造偶像？這些都是無益的。

製造神像、雕刻無益偶像的是誰？

誰製造神像，或鑄造偶像，不想得到益處呢？

誰製造神像，鑄造無用的雕像呢？

誰塑造了神像、鑄造了毫無益處的偶像呢？

誰造神像、或鑄無益之偶、

誰鑄無益之偶像、以像上帝哉、

誰作神像、鑄無益之偶像、

Who shapes a god and casts an idol, which can profit nothing?

People make statues of gods. But those gods can’t do any good.

Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?

Who makes a god or casts a metal image that benefits no one?

Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no benefit?

Who would form a god or mold an image That profits him nothing?

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

Who makes a god or casts a metal image for no profit?

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

Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless?

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

Their gods are like helpless scarecrows in a cucumber field! They cannot speak, and they need to be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of such gods, for they can neither harm you nor do you any good.”

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!

“ What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation— a god that can’t even talk!

So on the advice of his counselors, the king made two gold calves. He said to the people,“ It is too much trouble for you to worship in Jerusalem. Look, Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of Egypt!”

King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue ninety feet tall and nine feet wide and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar said to them,“ Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you refuse to serve my gods or to worship the gold statue I have set up?

See, they are all foolish, worthless things. All your idols are as empty as the wind.

So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God.