2 Chronicles 32:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as if he were like the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of human hands. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of the hands of men. American Standard Version (1901) And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s hands. Common English Bible They spoke about the God of Jerusalem as though he were the work of human hands, like the gods of the other peoples of the earth. Catholic Public Domain Version And he was speaking against the God of Jerusalem, just as against the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are works of the hands of men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, the works of the hands of men. |
A man of God approached and said to the king of Israel, “Thus says the Lord: Because the Arameans have said, ‘The Lord is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys,’ therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
and have hurled their gods into the fire, though they were no gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone—and so they were destroyed.
Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed because of this and cried to heaven.
but I have chosen Jerusalem in order that my name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and an impious people reviles your name.
What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The Lord has founded Zion, and the needy among his people will find refuge in her.”
Their land is filled with idols; they bow down to the work of their hands, to what their own fingers have made.
and have hurled their gods into the fire, though they were no gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone—and so they were destroyed.
And I will utter my judgments against them for all their wickedness in forsaking me; they have made offerings to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.
For the customs of the peoples are false: a tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an ax by the hands of an artisan;
Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the artisan and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is blue and purple; they are all the product of skilled workers.
For the people of Israel and the people of Judah have done nothing but evil in my sight from their youth; the people of Israel have done nothing but provoke me to anger by the work of their hands, says the Lord.
Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab said, “The house of Judah is like all the other nations,”
And you magnified yourselves against me with your mouth and multiplied your words against me; I heard it.
“ ‘Cursed be anyone who makes an idol or casts an image, anything abhorrent to the Lord, the work of an artisan, and sets it up in secret.’ All the people shall respond, saying, ‘Amen!’
There you will serve gods made by human hands, objects of wood and stone that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,
Your servant has killed both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”