And they themselves that made them can never continue long; how should then the things that are made of them be gods?
For the artisans themselves, who make them, do not exist for a long time. So then, can these things, which have been made by them, be gods?
For the artificers themselves that make them, are of no long continuance. Can those things then that are made by them be gods?
And they themselves who fashioned them can never continue long. How then should the things that are fashioned by them?