Jeremiah 16:20

Shall a man make Gods vnto himselfe, and they are no Gods?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

Can man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods!
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?
- American Standard Version (1901)

Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods?
- Basic English Bible

Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no-gods?
- Darby Bible

Shall a man make gods to himself, and they are no gods?
- Webster's Bible

Shall a man make to himself gods, which yet are no gods?
- World English Bible

Doth man make for himself gods, And they -- no gods?
- Youngs Literal Bible

Shall a man make unto himself gods, and they are no gods?
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 16:20

16:18 I will recompense - Before I will restore them, I will plentifully punish them, (for so double here signifies, not the double of what their sins deserve.) Defiled - By their idolatry, blood and cruelty. Detestable - Unclean beasts offered to their idols, or innocent persons slain by them.

16:21 Therefore - Because all the mercy I have shewed them, will not learn them to know my might, I will once for all make them to understand it, by the dreadful strokes of my vengeance. And - They shall know that my name is Jehovah; that I am not such a one as their idols, but one who have my being from myself, and give life and being to all other things, and have all might and power in my hand, and can do whatsoever I please.