Their idols are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.

他们的偶像是金的，银的，是人手所造的，

他们的偶像是金的，是银的，是人手所造的，

他们的偶像是金的，是银的，是人手所造的，

他们的神像不过是人用金银造的。

列国的偶像是金的、银的，是人手所做的。

列国的偶像是银的、金的，是人手所做的：

他們的偶像是金的，銀的，是人手所造的，

他們的偶像是金的，是銀的，是人手所造的，

他們的偶像是金的，是銀的，是人手所造的，

他們的神像不過是人用金銀造的。

列國的偶像是金的、銀的，是人手所做的。

外國人的偶像是銀的或金的，是人的手所作的。

列國的偶像是銀的、金的，是人手所造的：

異邦偶像、乃銀乃金、人手所造、

彼之偶像、金銀而已、人手所雕作兮。

異邦之偶像、或金或銀、悉為人手所造、

豈同若輩手製之偶像兮。乃金銀之所成。

But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.

But the statues of their gods are made out of silver and gold. They are made by human hands.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands.

Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.

Their idols are silver and gold, The work of human hands.

Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.

Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.

Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.

Their idols[ are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

Their idols are made of silver and gold– they are man-made.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.

There, in a foreign land, you will worship idols made from wood and stone— gods that neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

Their ways are futile and foolish. They cut down a tree, and a craftsman carves an idol.They decorate it with gold and silver and then fasten it securely with hammer and nails so it won’t fall over.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.”

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.

Can he be compared to an idol formed in a mold, overlaid with gold, and decorated with silver chains?Or if people are too poor for that, they might at least choose wood that won’t decay and a skilled craftsman to carve an image that won’t fall down!

Bel and Nebo, the gods of Babylon, bow as they are lowered to the ground. They are being hauled away on ox carts. The poor beasts stagger under the weight.Both the idols and their owners are bowed down. The gods cannot protect the people, and the people cannot protect the gods. They go off into captivity together.

“ 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!What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols,‘ Wake up and save us!’ To speechless stone images you say,‘ Rise up and teach us!’ Can an idol tell you what to do? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside.But the Lord is in his holy Temple. Let all the earth be silent before him.”

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

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!

The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can’t help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask,“ Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”

This calf you worship, O Israel, was crafted by your own hands! It is not God! Therefore, it must be smashed to bits.

What am I trying to say? Am I saying that food offered to idols has some significance, or that idols are real gods?No, not at all. I am saying that these sacrifices are offered to demons, not to God. And I don’t want you to participate with demons.

Those who worship idols are disgraced— all who brag about their worthless gods— for every god must bow to him.

But those who trust in idols, who say,‘ You are our gods,’ will be turned away in shame.

The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.They have ears but cannot hear, and mouths but cannot breathe.And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.

And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them! They were not gods at all— only idols of wood and stone shaped by human hands.

And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them! They were not gods at all— only idols of wood and stone shaped by human hands.

At last the mayor was able to quiet them down enough to speak.“ Citizens of Ephesus,” he said.“ Everyone knows that Ephesus is the official guardian of the temple of the great Artemis, whose image fell down to us from heaven.