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

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

Their idols are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by 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 you will worship gods that men have made out of wood and stone. Those gods can’t see, hear, eat or smell.

The practices of these nations are worthless. People cut a tree out of the forest. A skilled worker shapes the wood with a sharp tool.Others decorate it with silver and gold. They use a hammer to nail it to the floor. They want to keep it from falling down.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.”

Some people pour out gold from their bags. They weigh out silver on the scales. They hire someone who works with gold to make it into a god. They bow down to it and worship it.They lift it up on their shoulders and carry it. They set it up in its place, and there it stands. It can’t move from that spot. Someone might cry out to it. But it does not answer. It can’t save them from their troubles.

Will you compare him with a statue of a god? Anyone who works with metal can make a statue. Then another worker covers it with gold and makes silver chains for it.But someone who is too poor to bring that kind of offering will choose some wood that won’t rot. Then they look for a skilled worker. They pay the worker to make a statue of a god that won’t fall over.

The gods named Bel and Nebo are brought down in shame. The statues of them are being carried away on the backs of animals. They used to be carried around by the people who worshiped them. But now they’ve become a heavy load for tired animals.The gods named Bel and Nebo are brought down in shame together. They aren’t able to save their own statues. They themselves are carried off as prisoners.

“ 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.How terrible it will be for the Babylonians! They say to a wooden god,‘ Come to life!’ They say to a stone god,‘ Wake up!’ Can those gods give advice? They are covered with gold and silver. They can’t even breathe.”The Lord is in his holy temple. Let the whole earth be silent in front of him.

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

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.

That’s as foolish as eating ashes! The mind of someone like that has led him astray. He can’t save himself. He can’t bring himself to say,“ This thing I’m holding in my right hand isn’t really a god at all.”

Their calf is not God. A skilled worker from Israel made it. But that calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces.”

Do I mean that food sacrificed to a statue of a god is anything? Do I mean that a statue of a god is anything?No! But what is sacrificed by those who worship statues of gods is really sacrificed to demons. It is not sacrificed to God. I don’t want you to be sharing with demons.

All who worship statues of gods or brag about them are put to shame. All you gods, worship the Lord!

Some people trust in statues of gods. They say to them,‘ You are our gods.’ But they will be dishonored. They will be put to shame.

The statues of the nations’ gods are made out of silver and gold. They are made by human hands.They have mouths but can’t speak. They have eyes but can’t see.They have ears but can’t hear. They have mouths but can’t breathe.Those who make statues of gods will be like them. So will all those who trust in them.

They have thrown the statues of the gods of those nations into the fire. And they have destroyed them. That’s because they weren’t really gods at all. They were nothing but statues made out of wood and stone. They were made by human hands.

They have thrown the statues of the gods of those nations into the fire. And they have destroyed them. That’s because they weren’t really gods at all. They were nothing but statues made out of wood and stone. They were made by human hands.

The city clerk quieted the crowd down.“ People of Ephesus!” he said.“ The city of Ephesus guards the temple of the great Artemis. The whole world knows this. They know that Ephesus guards her statue, which fell from heaven.