Jeremiah 16:20
Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
KJV
Numquid faciet sibi homo deos, et ipsi non sunt dii ?
Vulgate
εἰ ποιήσει ἑαυτῷ ἄνθρωπος θεούς, καὶ οὗτοι οὐκ εἰσὶν θεοί;
LXX
Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?
ASV
הֲ/יַעֲשֶׂה לּ֥/וֹ אָדָ֖ם אֱלֹהִ֑ים וְ/הֵ֖מָּה לֹ֥א אֱלֹהִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 24.—How Hermes Openly Confessed the Error of His Forefathers, the Coming Destruction of Which He Nevertheless Bewailed. After a long interval, Hermes again comes back to the subject of the gods which men have made, saying as follows: “But enough on this subject. Let us return to man and to reason, that divine gift on account of which man has been called a rational anima…
Cross-references
- Acts 19:26 — Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:
- 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.
- Gal 4:8 — Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
- Hos 8:4 — They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
- Isa 36:19 — Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
- Isa 37:19 — And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
- Jer 2:11 — Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
- Jer 2:11 — Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
- Ps 115:4 — Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
- Ps 135:14 — For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.