KJV King James Version
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
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Isaiah 2:20
In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold—the idols they made to worship.
WEB World English Bible
In that day, men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for themselves to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
ASV American Standard Version
In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In that day doth man cast his idols of silver, And his idols of gold, That they have made for him to worship, To moles, and to bats,
Surrounding context — Isaiah 2
17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made [each one] for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
22 Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בַּיּ֤וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַהוּא֙H1931 · huhe/she/itיַשְׁלִ֣יךְH7993 · sha.lakhto throwהָאָדָ֔םH120 · a.dammanאֵ֚תH853 · et[Obj.]אֱלִילֵ֣יH457 · e.lilidolכַסְפּ֔וֹH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyוְאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]אֱלִילֵ֣יH457 · e.lilidolזְהָב֑וֹH2091 · za.havgoldאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichעָֽשׂוּ־H6213 · a.sahto make: doלוֹ֙H9033 · ohimלְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֹ֔תH7812 · sha.chahto bowלַחְפֹּ֥רH2661 · cha.phormoleפֵּר֖וֹתH6512 · pe.rahmoleוְלָעֲטַלֵּפִֽים׃H5847 · a.tal.lephbat
Cross-references
Isaiah 30:22Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.Isaiah 31:7For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you [for] a sin.Isaiah 46:6They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, [and] hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.Isaiah 46:1Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages [were] heavy loaden; [they are] a burden to the weary [beast].Hosea 14:8Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard [him], and observed him: I [am] like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.Leviticus 11:19And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.Philippians 3:7-8But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
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