Acts 17:29 我们既是　神所生的，就不当以为　神的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。

17:29 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 我们既是　神所生的，就不当以为　神的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 既然我们是上帝所生的，就不应该以为上帝的神性像人用手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像一般。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 既然我们是　神所生的，就不应该以为　神的神性像人用手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像一般。
当代译本 - 我们既然是上帝的子孙，就不该认为上帝是人凭手艺和想象用金、银、石头所雕刻的样子。
圣经新译本 - 我们既然是　神的子孙，就不应该以为他的神性是好像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金银石头一样。
中文标准译本 - 所以我们既然是神的后裔，就不应该认为神性是仿佛用人的手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像。
现代标点和合本 - 我们既是神所生的，就不当以为神的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。
和合本（拼音版） - 我们既是上帝所生的，就不当以为上帝的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。
New International Version - “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.
New International Reader's Version - “Yes, we are God’s children. So we shouldn’t think that God is made out of gold or silver or stone. He isn’t a statue planned and made by clever people.
English Standard Version - Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
New Living Translation - And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.
Christian Standard Bible - Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.
New American Standard Bible - Therefore, since we are the descendants of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.
New King James Version - Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising.
Amplified Bible - So then, being God’s children, we should not think that the Divine Nature (deity) is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination or skill of man.
American Standard Version - Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
King James Version - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
New English Translation - So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.
World English Bible - Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
新標點和合本 - 我們既是神所生的，就不當以為神的神性像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金、銀、石。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 既然我們是上帝所生的，就不應該以為上帝的神性像人用手藝和心思所雕刻的金、銀、石像一般。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 既然我們是　神所生的，就不應該以為　神的神性像人用手藝和心思所雕刻的金、銀、石像一般。
當代譯本 - 我們既然是上帝的子孫，就不該認為上帝是人憑手藝和想象用金、銀、石頭所雕刻的樣子。
聖經新譯本 - 我們既然是　神的子孫，就不應該以為他的神性是好像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金銀石頭一樣。
呂振中譯本 - 那麼我們既是上帝的族類，就不該以神性為彷彿金銀或石頭、人的手藝和心思所雕刻的。
中文標準譯本 - 所以我們既然是神的後裔，就不應該認為神性是彷彿用人的手藝和心思所雕刻的金、銀、石像。
現代標點和合本 - 我們既是神所生的，就不當以為神的神性像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金、銀、石。
文理和合譯本 - 既為上帝裔、則不當意其性質如金銀石、為人工機巧雕琢者、
文理委辦譯本 - 既為上帝亦子、則上帝之體、不可以若金、若銀、若石、人工機巧琢之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 既為天主所生、則不當思天主之體、似金似銀似石、為人工機巧所製、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 夫吾人既為天主之裔、則不當妄度天主之神性、有類乎人工技巧所琢之金銀玉石。
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Por tanto, siendo descendientes de Dios, no debemos pensar que la divinidad sea como el oro, la plata o la piedra: escultura hecha como resultado del ingenio y de la destreza del ser humano.
현대인의 성경 - 이와 같이 우리가 하나님의 자녀가 되었으니 신을 사람의 생각과 기술로 금이나 은이나 돌에 새긴 형상 따위로 여겨서는 안 됩니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И раз мы род Бога, то мы не должны представлять Божество в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
Восточный перевод - И раз мы род Всевышнего, то мы не должны представлять Его в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И раз мы род Аллаха, то мы не должны представлять Его в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И раз мы род Всевышнего, то мы не должны представлять Его в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ainsi, puisque nous sommes ses enfants, nous ne devons pas imaginer la moindre ressemblance entre la divinité et ces idoles en or, en argent ou en marbre que peuvent produire l’art ou l’imagination des hommes.
リビングバイブル - もしこのとおりなら、神を、金や銀、あるいは石のかけらなどで人間が造った偶像のようなものと考えるべきではありません。
Nestle Aland 28 - γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῷ ἢ ἀργύρῳ ἢ λίθῳ, χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ Θεοῦ, οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῷ, ἢ ἀργύρῳ, ἢ λίθῳ χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον.
Nova Versão Internacional - “Assim, visto que somos descendência de Deus, não devemos pensar que a Divindade é semelhante a uma escultura de ouro, prata ou pedra, feita pela arte e imaginação do homem.
Hoffnung für alle - Weil wir nun von Gott abstammen, ist es doch unsinnig zu glauben, dass wir Gott in Statuen aus Gold, Silber oder behauenen Steinen darstellen könnten. Diese sind doch nur Gebilde unserer Kunst und unserer Vorstellungen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đã là dòng dõi của Đức Chúa Trời, chúng ta đừng lầm tưởng Đức Chúa Trời giống như vàng, bạc, hoặc đá, được chạm trổ do nghệ thuật và sáng kiến của loài người.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ฉะนั้นในเมื่อเราเป็นเชื้อสายของพระเจ้าเราก็ไม่ควรคิดว่าพระเจ้าทรงเป็นเหมือนทอง เงิน หรือหิน คือเป็นประติมากรรมที่สร้างขึ้นโดยการออกแบบและฝีมือของมนุษย์
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ในเมื่อพวกเราเป็นเชื้อสายของพระเจ้า ก็ไม่ควรคิดว่าพระเจ้าเป็นเหมือนทอง เงิน หรือหินที่เป็นรูปเคารพ ซึ่งสร้างขึ้นด้วยการออกแบบและความชำนาญของมนุษย์

交叉引用

Psalms 94:8 - Well, think again, you idiots, fools—how long before you get smart? Do you think Ear-Maker doesn’t hear, Eye-Shaper doesn’t see? Do you think the trainer of nations doesn’t correct, the teacher of Adam doesn’t know? God knows, all right— knows your stupidity, sees your shallowness.
Isaiah 44:9 - All those who make no-god idols don’t amount to a thing, and what they work so hard at making is nothing. Their little puppet-gods see nothing and know nothing—they’re total embarrassments! Who would bother making gods that can’t do anything, that can’t “god”? Watch all the no-god worshipers hide their faces in shame. Watch the no-god makers slink off humiliated when their idols fail them. Get them out here in the open. Make them face God-reality.
Isaiah 44:12 - The blacksmith makes his no-god, works it over in his forge, hammering it on his anvil—such hard work! He works away, fatigued with hunger and thirst.
Isaiah 44:13 - The woodworker draws up plans for his no-god, traces it on a block of wood. He shapes it with chisels and planes into human shape—a beautiful woman, a handsome man, ready to be placed in a chapel. He first cuts down a cedar, or maybe picks out a pine or oak, and lets it grow strong in the forest, nourished by the rain. Then it can serve a double purpose: Part he uses as firewood for keeping warm and baking bread; from the other part he makes a god that he worships—carves it into a god shape and prays before it. With half he makes a fire to warm himself and barbecue his supper. He eats his fill and sits back satisfied with his stomach full and his feet warmed by the fire: “Ah, this is the life.” And he still has half left for a god, made to his personal design—a handy, convenient no-god to worship whenever so inclined. Whenever the need strikes him he prays to it, “Save me. You’re my god.”
Isaiah 44:18 - Pretty stupid, wouldn’t you say? Don’t they have eyes in their heads? Are their brains working at all? Doesn’t it occur to them to say, “Half of this tree I used for firewood: I baked bread, roasted meat, and enjoyed a good meal. And now I’ve used the rest to make a repulsive no-god. Here I am praying to a stick of wood!”
Isaiah 44:20 - This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can’t even look at what he’s doing, can’t even look at the no-god stick of wood in his hand and say, “This is crazy.” * * *
Isaiah 40:12 - Who has scooped up the ocean in his two hands, or measured the sky between his thumb and little finger, Who has put all the earth’s dirt in one of his baskets, weighed each mountain and hill? Who could ever have told God what to do or taught him his business? What expert would he have gone to for advice, what school would he attend to learn justice? What god do you suppose might have taught him what he knows, showed him how things work? Why, the nations are but a drop in a bucket, a mere smudge on a window. Watch him sweep up the islands like so much dust off the floor! There aren’t enough trees in Lebanon nor enough animals in those vast forests to furnish adequate fuel and offerings for his worship. All the nations add up to simply nothing before him— less than nothing is more like it. A minus.
Isaiah 40:18 - So who even comes close to being like God? To whom or what can you compare him? Some no-god idol? Ridiculous! It’s made in a workshop, cast in bronze, Given a thin veneer of gold, and draped with silver filigree. Or, perhaps someone will select a fine wood— olive wood, say—that won’t rot, Then hire a woodcarver to make a no-god, giving special care to its base so it won’t tip over!
Jeremiah 10:6 - All this is nothing compared to you, O God. You’re wondrously great, famously great. Who can fail to be impressed by you, King of the nations? It’s your very nature to be worshiped! Look far and wide among the elite of the nations. The best they can come up with is nothing compared to you. Stupidly, they line them up—a lineup of sticks, good for nothing but making smoke. Gilded with silver foil from Tarshish, covered with gold from Uphaz, Hung with violet and purple fabrics— no matter how fancy the sticks, they’re still sticks.
Jeremiah 10:10 - But God is the real thing— the living God, the eternal King. When he’s angry, Earth shakes. Yes, and the godless nations quake.
Isaiah 46:5 - “So to whom will you compare me, the Incomparable? Can you picture me without reducing me? People with a lot of money hire craftsmen to make them gods. The artisan delivers the god, and they kneel and worship it! They carry it around in holy parades, then take it home and put it on a shelf. And there it sits, day in and day out, a dependable god, always right where you put it. Say anything you want to it, it never talks back. Of course, it never does anything either!
Habakkuk 2:20 - “But oh! God is in his holy Temple! Quiet everyone—a holy silence. Listen!”
Exodus 20:4 - No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim. Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them because I am God, your God, and I’m a most jealous God, punishing the children for any sins their parents pass on to them to the third, and yes, even to the fourth generation of those who hate me. But I’m unswervingly loyal to the thousands who love me and keep my commandments.
Isaiah 40:25 - “So—who is like me? Who holds a candle to me?” says The Holy. Look at the night skies: Who do you think made all this? Who marches this army of stars out each night, counts them off, calls each by name —so magnificent! so powerful!— and never overlooks a single one?

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 我们既是　神所生的，就不当以为　神的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 既然我们是上帝所生的，就不应该以为上帝的神性像人用手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像一般。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 既然我们是　神所生的，就不应该以为　神的神性像人用手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像一般。
当代译本 - 我们既然是上帝的子孙，就不该认为上帝是人凭手艺和想象用金、银、石头所雕刻的样子。
圣经新译本 - 我们既然是　神的子孙，就不应该以为他的神性是好像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金银石头一样。
中文标准译本 - 所以我们既然是神的后裔，就不应该认为神性是仿佛用人的手艺和心思所雕刻的金、银、石像。
现代标点和合本 - 我们既是神所生的，就不当以为神的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。
和合本（拼音版） - 我们既是上帝所生的，就不当以为上帝的神性像人用手艺、心思所雕刻的金、银、石。
New International Version - “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill.
New International Reader's Version - “Yes, we are God’s children. So we shouldn’t think that God is made out of gold or silver or stone. He isn’t a statue planned and made by clever people.
English Standard Version - Being then God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.
New Living Translation - And since this is true, we shouldn’t think of God as an idol designed by craftsmen from gold or silver or stone.
Christian Standard Bible - Since, then, we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination.
New American Standard Bible - Therefore, since we are the descendants of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.
New King James Version - Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising.
Amplified Bible - So then, being God’s children, we should not think that the Divine Nature (deity) is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination or skill of man.
American Standard Version - Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and device of man.
King James Version - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
New English Translation - So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination.
World English Bible - Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.
新標點和合本 - 我們既是神所生的，就不當以為神的神性像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金、銀、石。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 既然我們是上帝所生的，就不應該以為上帝的神性像人用手藝和心思所雕刻的金、銀、石像一般。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 既然我們是　神所生的，就不應該以為　神的神性像人用手藝和心思所雕刻的金、銀、石像一般。
當代譯本 - 我們既然是上帝的子孫，就不該認為上帝是人憑手藝和想象用金、銀、石頭所雕刻的樣子。
聖經新譯本 - 我們既然是　神的子孫，就不應該以為他的神性是好像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金銀石頭一樣。
呂振中譯本 - 那麼我們既是上帝的族類，就不該以神性為彷彿金銀或石頭、人的手藝和心思所雕刻的。
中文標準譯本 - 所以我們既然是神的後裔，就不應該認為神性是彷彿用人的手藝和心思所雕刻的金、銀、石像。
現代標點和合本 - 我們既是神所生的，就不當以為神的神性像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金、銀、石。
文理和合譯本 - 既為上帝裔、則不當意其性質如金銀石、為人工機巧雕琢者、
文理委辦譯本 - 既為上帝亦子、則上帝之體、不可以若金、若銀、若石、人工機巧琢之、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 既為天主所生、則不當思天主之體、似金似銀似石、為人工機巧所製、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 夫吾人既為天主之裔、則不當妄度天主之神性、有類乎人工技巧所琢之金銀玉石。
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Por tanto, siendo descendientes de Dios, no debemos pensar que la divinidad sea como el oro, la plata o la piedra: escultura hecha como resultado del ingenio y de la destreza del ser humano.
현대인의 성경 - 이와 같이 우리가 하나님의 자녀가 되었으니 신을 사람의 생각과 기술로 금이나 은이나 돌에 새긴 형상 따위로 여겨서는 안 됩니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И раз мы род Бога, то мы не должны представлять Божество в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
Восточный перевод - И раз мы род Всевышнего, то мы не должны представлять Его в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И раз мы род Аллаха, то мы не должны представлять Его в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И раз мы род Всевышнего, то мы не должны представлять Его в виде золотого, серебряного или каменного истукана или в виде какого-либо образа, сделанного по замыслу человека и умением его.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ainsi, puisque nous sommes ses enfants, nous ne devons pas imaginer la moindre ressemblance entre la divinité et ces idoles en or, en argent ou en marbre que peuvent produire l’art ou l’imagination des hommes.
リビングバイブル - もしこのとおりなら、神を、金や銀、あるいは石のかけらなどで人間が造った偶像のようなものと考えるべきではありません。
Nestle Aland 28 - γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῷ ἢ ἀργύρῳ ἢ λίθῳ, χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ Θεοῦ, οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῷ, ἢ ἀργύρῳ, ἢ λίθῳ χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον.
Nova Versão Internacional - “Assim, visto que somos descendência de Deus, não devemos pensar que a Divindade é semelhante a uma escultura de ouro, prata ou pedra, feita pela arte e imaginação do homem.
Hoffnung für alle - Weil wir nun von Gott abstammen, ist es doch unsinnig zu glauben, dass wir Gott in Statuen aus Gold, Silber oder behauenen Steinen darstellen könnten. Diese sind doch nur Gebilde unserer Kunst und unserer Vorstellungen.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Đã là dòng dõi của Đức Chúa Trời, chúng ta đừng lầm tưởng Đức Chúa Trời giống như vàng, bạc, hoặc đá, được chạm trổ do nghệ thuật và sáng kiến của loài người.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ฉะนั้นในเมื่อเราเป็นเชื้อสายของพระเจ้าเราก็ไม่ควรคิดว่าพระเจ้าทรงเป็นเหมือนทอง เงิน หรือหิน คือเป็นประติมากรรมที่สร้างขึ้นโดยการออกแบบและฝีมือของมนุษย์
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ในเมื่อพวกเราเป็นเชื้อสายของพระเจ้า ก็ไม่ควรคิดว่าพระเจ้าเป็นเหมือนทอง เงิน หรือหินที่เป็นรูปเคารพ ซึ่งสร้างขึ้นด้วยการออกแบบและความชำนาญของมนุษย์

Psalms 94:8 - Well, think again, you idiots, fools—how long before you get smart? Do you think Ear-Maker doesn’t hear, Eye-Shaper doesn’t see? Do you think the trainer of nations doesn’t correct, the teacher of Adam doesn’t know? God knows, all right— knows your stupidity, sees your shallowness.
Isaiah 44:9 - All those who make no-god idols don’t amount to a thing, and what they work so hard at making is nothing. Their little puppet-gods see nothing and know nothing—they’re total embarrassments! Who would bother making gods that can’t do anything, that can’t “god”? Watch all the no-god worshipers hide their faces in shame. Watch the no-god makers slink off humiliated when their idols fail them. Get them out here in the open. Make them face God-reality.
Isaiah 44:12 - The blacksmith makes his no-god, works it over in his forge, hammering it on his anvil—such hard work! He works away, fatigued with hunger and thirst.
Isaiah 44:13 - The woodworker draws up plans for his no-god, traces it on a block of wood. He shapes it with chisels and planes into human shape—a beautiful woman, a handsome man, ready to be placed in a chapel. He first cuts down a cedar, or maybe picks out a pine or oak, and lets it grow strong in the forest, nourished by the rain. Then it can serve a double purpose: Part he uses as firewood for keeping warm and baking bread; from the other part he makes a god that he worships—carves it into a god shape and prays before it. With half he makes a fire to warm himself and barbecue his supper. He eats his fill and sits back satisfied with his stomach full and his feet warmed by the fire: “Ah, this is the life.” And he still has half left for a god, made to his personal design—a handy, convenient no-god to worship whenever so inclined. Whenever the need strikes him he prays to it, “Save me. You’re my god.”
Isaiah 44:18 - Pretty stupid, wouldn’t you say? Don’t they have eyes in their heads? Are their brains working at all? Doesn’t it occur to them to say, “Half of this tree I used for firewood: I baked bread, roasted meat, and enjoyed a good meal. And now I’ve used the rest to make a repulsive no-god. Here I am praying to a stick of wood!”
Isaiah 44:20 - This lover of emptiness, of nothing, is so out of touch with reality, so far gone, that he can’t even look at what he’s doing, can’t even look at the no-god stick of wood in his hand and say, “This is crazy.” * * *
Isaiah 40:12 - Who has scooped up the ocean in his two hands, or measured the sky between his thumb and little finger, Who has put all the earth’s dirt in one of his baskets, weighed each mountain and hill? Who could ever have told God what to do or taught him his business? What expert would he have gone to for advice, what school would he attend to learn justice? What god do you suppose might have taught him what he knows, showed him how things work? Why, the nations are but a drop in a bucket, a mere smudge on a window. Watch him sweep up the islands like so much dust off the floor! There aren’t enough trees in Lebanon nor enough animals in those vast forests to furnish adequate fuel and offerings for his worship. All the nations add up to simply nothing before him— less than nothing is more like it. A minus.
Isaiah 40:18 - So who even comes close to being like God? To whom or what can you compare him? Some no-god idol? Ridiculous! It’s made in a workshop, cast in bronze, Given a thin veneer of gold, and draped with silver filigree. Or, perhaps someone will select a fine wood— olive wood, say—that won’t rot, Then hire a woodcarver to make a no-god, giving special care to its base so it won’t tip over!
Jeremiah 10:6 - All this is nothing compared to you, O God. You’re wondrously great, famously great. Who can fail to be impressed by you, King of the nations? It’s your very nature to be worshiped! Look far and wide among the elite of the nations. The best they can come up with is nothing compared to you. Stupidly, they line them up—a lineup of sticks, good for nothing but making smoke. Gilded with silver foil from Tarshish, covered with gold from Uphaz, Hung with violet and purple fabrics— no matter how fancy the sticks, they’re still sticks.
Jeremiah 10:10 - But God is the real thing— the living God, the eternal King. When he’s angry, Earth shakes. Yes, and the godless nations quake.
Isaiah 46:5 - “So to whom will you compare me, the Incomparable? Can you picture me without reducing me? People with a lot of money hire craftsmen to make them gods. The artisan delivers the god, and they kneel and worship it! They carry it around in holy parades, then take it home and put it on a shelf. And there it sits, day in and day out, a dependable god, always right where you put it. Say anything you want to it, it never talks back. Of course, it never does anything either!
Habakkuk 2:20 - “But oh! God is in his holy Temple! Quiet everyone—a holy silence. Listen!”
Exodus 20:4 - No carved gods of any size, shape, or form of anything whatever, whether of things that fly or walk or swim. Don’t bow down to them and don’t serve them because I am God, your God, and I’m a most jealous God, punishing the children for any sins their parents pass on to them to the third, and yes, even to the fourth generation of those who hate me. But I’m unswervingly loyal to the thousands who love me and keep my commandments.
Isaiah 40:25 - “So—who is like me? Who holds a candle to me?” says The Holy. Look at the night skies: Who do you think made all this? Who marches this army of stars out each night, counts them off, calls each by name —so magnificent! so powerful!— and never overlooks a single one?