Isaiah 44:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit: and their own witnesses see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ All who make graven idols are confusion, chaos, and worthlessness. Their objects (idols) in which they delight do not profit them, and their own witnesses (worshipers) do not see or know, so that they are put to shame.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.

Common English Bible

⁹ Idol-makers are all as nothing; their playthings do no good. Their promoters neither see nor know anything, so they ought to be ashamed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ All of those who create idols are nothing, and their most beloved things will not benefit them. These are their witnesses, for they do not see, and they do not understand, so that they might be confounded.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ The makers of idols are all of them nothing: and their best beloved things shall not profit them. They are their witnesses, that they do not see nor understand, that they may be ashamed.

Isaiah 44:9 Cross References

2 Kings 19:18

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.

Psalm 115:4

Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands.

Psalm 115:8

They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

Psalm 135:18

They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.

Psalm 97:7

Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, That boast themselves of idols: Worship him, all ye gods.

Isaiah 26:11

LORD, thy hand is lifted up, yet they see not: but they shall see thy zeal for the people, and be ashamed; yea, fire shall devour thine adversaries.

Isaiah 41:24

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

Isaiah 41:29

Behold, all of them, their works are vanity and nought: their molten images are wind and confusion.

Isaiah 42:17

They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods.

Isaiah 42:18

Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.

Isaiah 43:8

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

Isaiah 43:9

Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

Isaiah 44:11

Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.

Isaiah 44:18

They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Isaiah 44:20

He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

Isaiah 45:16

They shall be ashamed, yea, confounded, all of them: they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.

Isaiah 45:20

Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that carry the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.

Isaiah 57:12

I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee.

Isaiah 65:13

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

Jeremiah 14:22

Are there any among the vanities of the heathen that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee; for thou hast made all these things.

Jeremiah 2:11

Hath a nation changed their gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.

Jeremiah 2:26

As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets;

Daniel 11:38

But in his place shall he honour the god of fortresses: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

Daniel 5:23

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

Romans 1:22

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

1 Corinthians 8:4

Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no God but one.

2 Corinthians 4:4

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

Ephesians 4:18

being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their heart;

Ephesians 5:8

For ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

Deuteronomy 27:15

Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 4:28

And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

Judges 10:14

Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.