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Those who make them are like them;
    so are all who trust in them.(A)

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Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

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18 Those who make them
    and all who trust them
    shall become like them.

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18 Those who make them will be like them,
    and so will all who trust in them.

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The Absurdity of Idol Worship

All who make idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit; their witnesses neither see nor know, and so they will be put to shame.(A) 10 Who would fashion a god or cast an image that can do no good?(B) 11 All its devotees shall be put to shame; the artisans, too, are merely human. Let them all assemble; let them stand up; they shall be terrified; they shall all be put to shame.(C)

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All who make idols(A) are nothing,
    and the things they treasure are worthless.(B)
Those who would speak up for them are blind;(C)
    they are ignorant, to their own shame.(D)
10 Who shapes a god and casts an idol,(E)
    which can profit nothing?(F)
11 People who do that will be put to shame;(G)
    such craftsmen are only human beings.
Let them all come together and take their stand;
    they will be brought down to terror and shame.(H)

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But the idol made with hands is accursed, and so is the one who made it—
he for having made it, and the perishable thing because it was named a god.(A)

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'Wisdom 14:8' not found for the version: New International Version.

For equally hateful to God are the ungodly and their ungodliness,(A)

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'Wisdom 14:9' not found for the version: New International Version.