Assamese: কটা-প্ৰতিমাই তোমাক কি উপকাৰ কৰে, যে তাৰ বাবে নিৰ্মাণকাৰীয়ে তাক কাটে? বা গলোৱা ধাতুৰ পৰা প্রতিমা তৈয়াৰ কৰে, তেওঁ এজন মিছা শিক্ষক; যেতিয়া নিৰ্মাণকাৰীয়ে নিষ্প্রাণ মূৰ্ত্তি তৈয়াৰ কৰে, তেতিয়া তেওঁ নিজৰ হাতৰ কাৰ্মত বিশ্বাস কৰে।
AYT: Apakah gunanya patung pahatan yang dipahat oleh pembuatnya dan patung tuangannya, serta para pengajar dusta sehingga pembuatnya percaya kepada barang buatannya, padahal yang dibuatnya berhala-berhala bisu.
Bengali: খোদিত প্রতিমা কি তোমার কোন লাভ করে? যে সেটা খোদাই করেছে বা যে গলা ধাতু থেকে মূর্তির ছাঁচ গড়েছে, সে একজন মিথ্যা শিক্ষক; কারণ সে নিজের হাতের কাজকে বিশ্বাস করে এবং সে সব বোবা দেবতা তৈরী করে।
Gujarati: મૂર્તિકારે મૂર્તિ ઘડી છે. માણસે બનાવેલી મૂર્તિઓથી તથા ઢાળેલી મૂર્તિઓ જે જુઠાણાનો શિક્ષક છે; તેઓનાથી તને શો ફાયદો છે? કેમ કે તે પોતાના હાથના કામ પર વિશ્વાસ કરીને આ મૂંગા દેવો બનાવે છે.
Hindi: खुदी हुई मूरत में क्या लाभ देखकर बनानेवाले ने उसे खोदा है? फिर झूठ सिखानेवाली और ढली हुई मूरत में क्या लाभ देखकर ढालनेवाले ने उस पर इतना भरोसा रखा है कि न बोलनेवाली और निकम्मी मूरत बनाए?
Kannada: ವಿಗ್ರಹ ಕೆತ್ತುವವನ ವಿಗ್ರಹವಾಗಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಎರಕದಿಂದ ಮಾಡಿದ ಗೊಂಬೆಗಳಿಂದಾಗಲಿ ಲಾಭವೇನು? ಹಾಗೆ ದೇವರುಗಳನ್ನು ರೂಪಿಸುವವರು ಸುಳ್ಳನ್ನು ಬಿತ್ತುವವರು; ಏಕೆಂದರೆ, ಆ ನಿರ್ಜಿವ ವಿಗ್ರಹವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದವನು ತನ್ನ ಕೈಕೆಲಸದ ಮೇಲೆಯೇ ಬರವಸೆ ಇಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾನೆ.>
Marathi: मूर्तिकाराने कोरून केलेल्या मुर्तींत त्याला काय लाभ? कारण जो कोणी त्याला कोरतो, किंवा ओतीव मुर्ती तयार करतो, तो खोटा शिक्षक आहे, कारण तो स्वतःच्या हस्तकृतीवर विश्वास ठेवतो, जेव्हा तो अशा मुक्या देवांना बनवतो.
Odiya: ଖୋଦିତ ପ୍ରତିମାରେ କି ଲାଭ ଯେ, ତହିଁର ନିର୍ମାଣକର୍ତ୍ତା ତାହା ଖୋଦନ କରେ ? ଛାଞ୍ଚରେ ଢଳା ପ୍ରତିମାରେ ଓ ମିଥ୍ୟା ଶିକ୍ଷକରେ କି ଲାଭ ଯେ, ଆପଣାର ନିର୍ମିତ ବସ୍ତୁର ନିର୍ମାଣକାରୀ ତହିଁରେ ବିଶ୍ୱାସ କରି ମୂକ ଦେବତା ନିର୍ମାଣ କରେ ?
Punjabi: ਘੜੇ ਹੋਏ ਬੁੱਤ ਦਾ ਕੀ ਲਾਭ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਘੜਿਆ ਹੈ ? ਫੇਰ ਝੂਠ ਸਿਖਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਅਤੇ ਢਲੀ ਹੋਈ ਮੂਰਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਲਾਭ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਉਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਭਰੋਸਾ ਰੱਖਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਗੁੰਗੇ ਬੁੱਤ ਬਣਾਵੇ ?
Tamil: சித்திரக்காரனுக்கு அவன் செய்த உருவமும், ஊமையான தெய்வங்களை உண்டாக்கித் தான் உருவாக்கின உருவத்தை நம்பினவனுக்கு வார்க்கப்பட்டதும், பொய்ப்போதகம் செய்கிறதுமான சிலையும் எதற்கு உதவும்?
Telugu: చెక్కిన విగ్రహం వల్ల నీకు ప్రయోజనమేమిటి? బొమ్మను చెక్కిన శిల్పి, పోత పోసిన వాడు కేవలం అబద్ధాలు బోధించే వాడు. తాను చేసిన పోత విగ్రహాలపై నమ్మిక ఉంచడం వలన ప్రయోజనమేమిటి?
NETBible: What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things?
NASB: "What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it, Or an image, a teacher of falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own handiwork When he fashions speechless idols.
HCSB: What use is a carved idol after its craftsman carves it? It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies. For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it and makes idols that cannot speak.
LEB: "What benefit is there in a carved idol when its maker has carved it? What benefit is there in a molded statue, a teacher of lies, when its maker has molded it? The one who formed it trusts himself to make worthless idols that cannot speak.
NIV: "Of what value is an idol, since a man has carved it? Or an image that teaches lies? For he who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
ESV: "What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!
NRSV: What use is an idol once its maker has shaped it—a cast image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in what has been made, though the product is only an idol that cannot speak!
REB: What use is an idol after its maker has shaped it? It is only an image, a source of lies! What use is it when the maker trusts what he has made? He is only making dumb idols!
NKJV: "What profit is the image, that its maker should carve it, The molded image, a teacher of lies, That the maker of its mold should trust in it, To make mute idols?
KJV: What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
NLT: "What have you gained by worshiping all your man–made idols? How foolish to trust in something made by your own hands! What fools you are to believe such lies!
GNB: What's the use of an idol? It is only something that a human being has made, and it tells you nothing but lies. What good does it do for its maker to trust it -- a god that can't even talk!
ERV: Their false god will not help them, because it is only a statue that someone covered with metal. It is only a statue, so whoever made it cannot expect it to help. That statue cannot even speak!
BBE: What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?
MSG: "What's the use of a carved god so skillfully carved by its sculptor? What good is a fancy cast god when all it tells is lies? What sense does it make to be a pious god-maker who makes gods that can't even talk?
CEV: What is an idol worth? It's merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made from wood or metal by human hands?
CEVUK: What is an idol worth? It's merely a false god. Why trust a speechless image made from wood or metal by human hands?
GWV: "What benefit is there in a carved idol when its maker has carved it? What benefit is there in a molded statue, a teacher of lies, when its maker has molded it? The one who formed it trusts himself to make worthless idols that cannot speak.
NET [draft] ITL: What <04100> good <03276> is an idol <06459>? Why would <03588> a craftsman <03336> make <06458> it? What good is a metal image <04541> that <03588> gives misleading <08267> oracles <03384>? Why would its creator <03335> place his trust <0982> in <05921> it <03335> and make <06213> such mute <0483>, worthless things <0457>?