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Isaiah 2:20

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

KJV

In die illa projiciet homo idola argenti sui, et simulacra auri sui, quæ fecerat sibi ut adoraret, talpas et vespertiliones.

Vulgate

τῇ γὰρ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐκβαλεῖ ἄνθρωπος τὰ βδελύγματα αὐτοῦ τὰ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ τὰ χρυσᾶ, ἃ ἐποίησαν προσκυνεῖν, τοῖς ματαίοις καὶ ταῖς νυκτερίσιν,

LXX

In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

ASV

בַּ/יּ֤וֹם הַ/הוּא֙ יַשְׁלִ֣יךְ הָ/אָדָ֔ם אֵ֚ת אֱלִילֵ֣י כַסְפּ֔/וֹ וְ/אֵ֖ת אֱלִילֵ֣י זְהָב֑/וֹ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָֽשׂוּ ל/וֹ֙ לְ/הִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֔ת לַ/חְפֹּ֥ר פֵּר֖וֹת וְ/לָ/עֲטַלֵּפִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱלִילִ֑ים
'lylym
noun · 20×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הוּ
hv
verb · 125×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
חְפֹּ֥ר
chpr
verb · 1×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ
yshtchv
verb · 174×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כֶּ֣סֶף
ksp
noun · 402×
עֲטַלֵּֽף
'tlp
noun · 3×
פֵּר֖וֹת
prvt
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 19:19 — Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
  • Dan 3:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
  • Eccl 3:6 — A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
  • Eccl 5:13 — There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
  • Ezek 7:19 — They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy
  • Ezek 14:6 — Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
  • Ezek 20:7 — Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
  • Gen 35:4 — And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.
  • Isa 26:1 — In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
  • Isa 30:22 — Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence
  • Isa 30:22 — Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence
  • Isa 31:7 — For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
  • Isa 31:7 — For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
  • Isa 44:9 — They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
  • Isa 46:1 — Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
  • Jas 1:21 — Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
  • Mic 5:12 — And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
  • Rom 13:12 — The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
  • Zech 13:2 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and