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Jeremiah 16:20

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16:20Can people make their own gods?

No, what they make are not gods at all.”29

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Footnotes

  1. 29 Heb “and they are ‘no gods.’ ” For the construction here compare 2:11 and a similar construction in 2 Kgs 19:18 and see 519 לֹא 1.b(b).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Can man make for himself gods?

Such are not gods!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do people make their own gods?

Yes, but they are not gods!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Can one make gods for himself?

But they are not gods.

NLTNew Living Translation

Can people make their own gods?

These are not real gods at all!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Can a human make for himself gods?

Yet they are not gods!”

KJV 1900King James Version

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