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Isaiah 2:8

What does Isaiah 2:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 2:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And its land is full of idols, To the work of its hands it boweth itself, To that which its fingers have made,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And their land is filled with horses: and their chariots are innumerable. Their land also is full of idols: they have adored the work of their own hands, which their own fingers have made.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And their land is full of idols; they bow themselves down to the work of their own hands, to that which their fingers have made.

Context

v.7And their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

v.8This passage

v.9And the mean man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low: therefore forgive them not.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 10:10

    As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

  • Hosea 8:6

    For from Israel is even this; the workman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

  • Acts 17:16

    Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he beheld the city full of idols.

  • Revelation 9:20

    And the rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:

  • Psalms 115:4

    Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men’s hands.

  • 2 Chronicles 28:2

    but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim.

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