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

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?

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

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

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?

The statues of their gods can’t speak. They are like scarecrows in a field of cucumbers. Their statues have to be carried around because they can’t walk. So do not be afraid of their gods. They can’t do you any harm. And they can’t do you any good either.”

You have seen and heard what this fellow Paul is doing. He has talked to large numbers of people here in Ephesus. Almost everywhere in Asia Minor he has led people away from our gods. He says that the gods made by human hands are not gods at all.

“ If someone carves a statue of a god, what is it worth? What value is there in a god that teaches lies? The one who trusts in this kind of god worships his own creation. He makes statues of gods that can’t speak.

So King Jeroboam asked for advice. Then he made two golden statues that looked like calves. He said to the people,“ It’s too hard for you to go up to Jerusalem. Israel, here are your gods who brought you up out of Egypt.”

King Nebuchadnezzar made a gold statue. It was 90 feet tall and 9 feet wide. He set it up on the plain of Dura near the city of Babylon.

The king said to them,“ Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, is what I heard about you true? Don’t you serve my gods? Don’t you worship the gold statue I set up?

So they are not really gods at all. What they do does not amount to anything. They are as useless as wind.

So then, here is what I say about eating food sacrificed to statues of gods. We know that“ a god made by human hands is really nothing at all in the world.” We know that“ there is only one God.”