Judges 18:24

And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what [is] this [that] ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

And he said {H559}, Ye have taken away {H3947} my gods {H430} which I made {H6213}, and the priest {H3548}, and ye are gone away {H3212}: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say {H559} unto me, What aileth thee?

He answered, "You've taken away my god, which I made, and gone off with the cohen! What more have I got? How can you ask me, 'What's wrong with you?'"

He replied, “You took the gods I had made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you say to me, ‘What is the matter with you?’”

And he said, ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say ye unto me, What aileth thee?

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Cross-References

  • Habakkuk 2:18 (4 votes)

    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?

  • Habakkuk 2:19 (4 votes)

    Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it [is] laid over with gold and silver, and [there is] no breath at all in the midst of it.

  • Psalms 115:8 (3 votes)

    They that make them are like unto them; [so is] every one that trusteth in them.

  • Isaiah 44:18 (3 votes)

    They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; [and] their hearts, that they cannot understand.

  • Isaiah 44:20 (3 votes)

    He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand?

  • Jeremiah 51:17 (2 votes)

    Every man is brutish by [his] knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image [is] falsehood, and [there is] no breath in them.

  • Ezekiel 23:5 (2 votes)

    And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians [her] neighbours,