2:18. ਘੜੇ ਹੋਏ ਬੁੱਤ ਦਾ ਕੀ ਲਾਭ ਹੈ, ਕਿ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਘੜਿਆ ਹੈॽ ਇੱਕ ਢਲੀ ਹੋਈ ਮੂਰਤ, ਝੂਠ ਦਾ ਉਸਤਾਦ, ਕਿ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਸਾਜਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਆਪਣੀ ਕਾਰੀਗਰੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਭਰੋਸਾ ਰੱਖਦਾ ਹੈ, ਜਦ ਉਹ ਗੁੰਗੇ ਬੁੱਤ ਬਣਾਵੇॽ।।

2:18. 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?

2:18. "What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation-- a god that can't even talk!

2:18. What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, even the teacher of lies, that he that fashioneth its form trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

2:18. "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!

2:18. 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?

2:18. What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For the workman trusts in his own creation when he makes dumb idols!

2:18. What profiteth the graven image, that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and the teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?

2:18. What profit hath a graven image given That its former hath graven it? A molten image and teacher of falsehood, That trusted hath the former on his own formation -- to make dumb idols?

2:18. 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!

2:18. "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?

2:18. What H4100 profiteth H3276 the graven image H6459 that H3588 the maker H3335 thereof hath graven H6458 it ; the molten image, H4541 and a teacher H3384 of lies, H8267 that H3588 the maker H3335 of his work H3336 trusteth H982 therein, H5921 to make H6213 dumb H483 idols H457 ?