Habakkuk 2:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it— or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.

Young's Literal Translation
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?

King James Bible
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?

Hebrew
What
מָֽה־ (māh-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

use
הוֹעִ֣יל (hō·w·‘îl)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3276: To confer or gain profit or benefit

is an idol,
פֶּ֗סֶל (pe·sel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6459: An idol, image

that
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

a craftsman
יֹֽצְר֔וֹ (yō·ṣə·rōw)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3336: A form, framing, purpose

should carve it—
פְסָלוֹ֙ (p̄ə·sā·lōw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6458: To hew, hew into shape

[or] an image,
מַסֵּכָ֖ה (mas·sê·ḵāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4541: A pouring over, fusion of metal, a libation, league, a coverlet

a teacher
וּמ֣וֹרֶה (ū·mō·w·reh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3384: To flow as water, to lay, throw, to point out, to teach

of lies?
שָּׁ֑קֶר (šā·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood

For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

its maker
יֹצֵ֤ר (yō·ṣêr)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine

trusts
בָטַ֞ח (ḇā·ṭaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure

in his own creation;
יִצְרוֹ֙ (yiṣ·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3335: To mould into a, form, as a, potter, to determine

he makes
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

idols
אֱלִילִ֥ים (’ĕ·lî·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 457: Good for, nothing, by anal, vain, vanity, an idol

that cannot speak.
אִלְּמִֽים׃ (’il·lə·mîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 483: Mute (unable to speak)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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