Other translations
American Standard Version
Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?
Darby Bible Translation
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no-gods?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and there are no gods?
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Can man make for himself gods? Such are not gods!”
God's Word
"People can't make gods for themselves. They aren't really gods.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Can one make gods for himself? But they are not gods.
International Standard Version
Can a person make a god for himself? They are not gods!
NET Bible
Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all."
New American Standard Bible
Can man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods!
New International Version
Do people make their own gods? Yes, but they are not gods!"
New Living Translation
Can people make their own gods? These are not real gods at all!"
Webster's Bible Translation
Shall a man make gods to himself, and they are no gods?
The World English Bible
Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?
EasyEnglish Bible
Can people make gods for themselves? If they make them, they are not really gods.’
Young‘s Literal Translation
Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods?
New Life Version
Can man make his own gods? What man makes is not gods!
The Voice Bible
Can people make their own gods? No, because a man-made idol is not a god.”
Living Bible
Can men make God? The gods they made are not real gods at all.”
New Catholic Bible
Can men make their own gods? These are not gods in any way.
Legacy Standard Bible
Can man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods!
Jubilee Bible 2000
Shall a man make gods unto himself? But they shall not be gods.
Christian Standard Bible
Can one make gods for himself? But they are not gods.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Can a man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!
New Century Version
Can people make gods for themselves? They will not really be gods!”
The Message
God, my strength, my stronghold, my safe retreat when trouble descends: The godless nations will come from earth’s four corners, saying, “Our ancestors lived on lies, useless illusions, all smoke.” Can mortals manufacture gods? Their factories turn out no-gods!
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Can a man make gods for himself? Yes, but they are not gods!”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Can mortals make for themselves gods? Such are no gods!
Good News Translation®
Can people make their own gods? No, if they did, those would not really be gods.”
Wycliffe Bible
Whether a man shall make gods to himself? (Can a man make gods for himself?) and those be no gods.
Contemporary English Version
worthless idols made by human hands.”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Can man make for himself gods? Such are no gods!”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Can mortals make for themselves gods? Such are no gods!”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Can mortals make for themselves gods? Such are no gods!
Common English Bible © 2011
Can humans make their own gods? If so, they are not gods at all!
Amplified Bible © 2015
“Can a man make gods for himself? Such [things] are not gods!
English Standard Version Anglicised
Can man make for himself gods? Such are not gods!”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Can human beings make for themselves gods? But these are not gods at all!
New American Standard Bible
Can a person make gods for himself? But they are not gods!
The Expanded Bible
Can people make gods for themselves? They will not really be gods!”
Tree of Life Version
Will man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods.
Revised Standard Version
Can man make for himself gods? Such are no gods!”
New International Reader's Version
Do human beings really make their own gods? Yes. But they aren’t really gods at all!”
BRG Bible
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Complete Jewish Bible
Can a person make himself gods? (In fact they aren’t gods at all.)
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Can mortals make for themselves gods? Such are no gods!
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Shall man make elohim unto himself and they are not Elohim?
Names of God Bible
“People can’t make gods for themselves. They aren’t really gods.
Modern English Version
Shall a man make gods for himself, which are not gods?
Easy-to-Read Version
Can people make real gods for themselves? No, they can only make statues that are not really gods.”
International Children’s Bible
Can people make gods for themselves? They will not really be gods!”
Lexham English Bible
Can a human make for himself gods? Yet they are not gods!”
New International Version - UK
Do people make their own gods? Yes, but they are not gods!’