Habakkuk 2:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsHabakkuk 2:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
מָֽה
mâh
H4100
what
הוֹעִ֣יל
yaʻal
H3276
to profit
פֶּ֗סֶל
peçel
H6459
idol
כִּ֤י
kîy
H3588
that
פְסָלוֹ֙
pâçal
H6458
to hew
יֹֽצְר֔וֹ
yêtser
H3336
form
מַסֵּכָ֖ה
maççêkâh
H4541
molten image
וּמ֣וֹרֶה
yârâh
H3384
to throw
שָּׁ֑קֶר
sheqer
H8267
lie
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
בָטַ֞ח
bâṭach
H982
to trust
יֹצֵ֤ר
yâtsar
H3335
to form
יִצְרוֹ֙
yêtser
H3336
form
עָלָ֔יו
ʻal
H5921
upon
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
אֱלִילִ֥ים
ʼĕlîyl
H457
worthless
אִלְּמִֽים
ʼillêm
H483
mute
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
Highlighted words mark where these versions differ — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment.
Layout
-
World English Bible Public Domain
"What value does the engraved image have, that its maker has engraved it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he who fashions its form trusts in it, to make mute idols?
-
King James Version Public Domain
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?
-
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
What does a carved image profit when its fashioner has carved it, a molten idol and a teacher of lies? For the one forming its form has trusted in it, to make mute idols.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).