2:18. പണിക്കാരൻ ഒരു ബിംബത്തെ കൊത്തിയുണ്ടാക്കുവാൻ അതിനാലോ, പണിക്കാരൻ വ്യാജം ഉപദേശിക്കുന്ന വാർപ്പുവിഗ്രഹത്തിൽ ആശ്രയിച്ചുകൊണ്ടു ഊമ മിത്ഥ്യാമൂർത്തികളെ ഉണ്ടാക്കുവാൻ അതിനാലോ എന്തു പ്രയോജനം ഉള്ളു?

2:18. What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?

2:18. "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!

2:18. What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

2:18. "What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!

2:18. What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

2:18. What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For the workman trusts in his own creation when he makes dumb idols!

2:18. What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and the teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

2:18. What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?

2:18. Their false god will not help them, because it is only a statue that someone covered with metal. It is only a statue, so whoever made it cannot expect it to help. That statue cannot even speak!

2:18. "What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?

2:18. What H4100 profiteth H3276 the graven image H6459 that H3588 the maker H3335 thereof hath graven H6458 it ; the molten image, H4541 and a teacher H3384 of lies, H8267 that H3588 the maker H3335 of his work H3336 trusteth H982 therein, H5921 to make H6213 dumb H483 idols H457 ?